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Registered Funds

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Provided by Neesa Sood

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Neesa Patel Sood is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds practice in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. She advises registered funds, their investment advisers and independent board members across a wide range of complex regulatory, compliance, fund governance, operational and transaction-related matters. She regularly provides advice regarding the structuring, launch and day-to-day operations of registered funds and private funds tailored for individual investors. Neesa also has significant transactional experience, counseling clients on fund restructurings as well as fund and adviser merger and acquisition transactions.

Career

Practicing since 2009; joined Simpson Thacher as a partner in 2025. Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Neesa was a partner at another international law firm.

Professional Memberships

Member of D.C. Chapters of Women in ETFs and 100 Women in Finance.

Personal

Columbia Law School, 2009 J.D.; University of Maryland, 2006 B.S.

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Registered Funds - USA - Nationwide

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Neesa Sood frequently advises asset managers and independent boards on closed-end and mutual fund matters.

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