Colby B.H. Jenkins

Mr. Jenkins is an associate in the Corporate International Department. He concentrates on both domestic and international transactions relating to the legal aspects of professional investment management. Mr. Jenkins’ practice includes the formation, structuring and on-going compliance requirements of US and offshore collective investment vehicles, including private equity funds and hedge funds, and he has advised US and foreign clients on the regulatory framework applicable to both registered investment advisers and registered investment companies. Mr. Jenkins’ other areas of practice include general corporate law, state and federal securities law and general commercial matters.

Publications

• Co-written with Marie-Thérèse Allen, L.P. Harrison 3rd and Joshua Geller, “Corporate Governance Client Alert, September 2007: A Review of Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Beyond Sarbanes, Directors’ Duties to Creditors of Financially-Distressed Companies.”
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• Co-written with Marie-Thérèse Allen and Joshua Geller, “Corporate Governance Client Alert, October 2006: A Review of Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Beyond Sarbanes: Heightened Fiduciary Duties of Certain Officers”
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• Co-written with Marie-Thérèse Allen, “Corporate Governance Client Alert, February 2005: A Review of Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Beyond Sarbanes:
  Revisiting Third-Party Liability for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty in the U.S.”
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• Co-written with Marie-Thérèse Allen, “Corporate Governance Client Alert, October 2004: A Review of Directors’ Fiduciary Duties:
  Revisiting Dual Directorships in the U.S.”
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• Co-written with Victor L. Zimmermann, “The Future of Soft Dollar Practices in Light of New Hedge Fund Regulations,” Alternative Investment Quarterly, 13, Fourth Quarter (2004): 5-10.
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