Norm Champ

Practice Areas

Norm represents the most sophisticated private fund sponsors in the world on complying with the constantly changing regulatory environment in the United States and other countries. Sophisticated private fund sponsors seek out Norm’s advice because he can bring to bear his perspective as an experienced law firm partner, former regulator and a former partner of a private fund manager. Norm’s large and wide-ranging practice, including defending numerous SEC examinations, gives him unparalleled insight into how sponsors are addressing regulatory issues.

Previously, Norm was the director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Prior to that he was the Deputy Director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) and the Associate Regional Director for Examinations in the SEC’s New York Regional Office. In these capacities he supervised SEC examinations of investment advisers and other market participants. Before joining the SEC, Norm was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Chilton Investment Company, an adviser to hedge funds.

Publications

Mastering Money

Going Public

Co-author with David A. Breach, Chapter on “Investment Management” in treatise Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel (Thomson Reuters 2021).