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    Peter D. Hutcheon

    Of Counsel

    Peter D. Hutcheon practices primarily in the areas of business governance, commercial transactions, securities, banking, and finance.

    Peter counsels management of public and private companies and banking institutions on governance matters. He is an expert on indemnification and insurance issues affecting directors and officers, and has represented parties in major public-private partnership financings. He also represents clients seeking investment capital from private placements, venture capital, and private equity deals, as well as firm commitment underwritten offerings of securities. Peter is experienced in securities matters ranging from stock options to dividend reinvestment plans, has extensive familiarity with bank regulatory matters, and has worked on mergers and acquisitions in the banking industry. Peter has represented both buyers and sellers in public and private business acquisition and financing transactions involving over $2 billion.

    Peter is a long-time member of the American Bar Association’s Section on Business Law, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations Committee, and for 16 years was the editor of its newsletter, the PUBOGRAM. He has been named a Founding Fellow of the American College of LLC and Partnership Attorneys. Peter is the 2005 recipient of the Martin I. Lubaroff Award for his lifelong service to this Committee. He was a director for 22 years, including two years as chair, of the New Jersey State Bar, Corporate & Business Law Section, and also chaired the State Bar’s Banking Law Section. Peter was chairman of the New Jersey Corporate & Business Law Study Commission from its inception in 1989 to 2002, providing reports and suggestions on business law developments to the New Jersey Legislature and the governor. He chaired the New Jersey Securities Advisory Committee, appointed by the attorney general, from 1995 to 2001, and served as the American Bar Association’s Liaison to the New Jersey Bureau of Securities for over 32 years. He also chaired the ABA’s Section of Science and Technology and served on the Editorial Board of their quarterly journal, Jurimetrics, of which he previously served as Associate Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

    Peter is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and is listed in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation sections of the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®. He has also been included on the list of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Business/Corporate section every year since its inception in 2005 to 2020. Additionally, Peter has authored numerous articles on business-related law topics, including limited liability companies, securities, and directors and officers liability.

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    Areas of practice

    • Banking & Financial Services
    • Business Law
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Securities

    Education

      • Harvard Law School
        • J.D., cum laude
      • Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, Munich, Germany
      • Williams College
        • B.A., magna cum laude

    Professional Affiliations

      • American Bar Association
        • Business Law Section
          • Beneficial Ownership Task Force Observer
        • Science & Technology Section
      • New Jersey State Bar Association
        • Banking Law
        • Corporate & Business Law
      • New York State Bar Association
      • American College of LLC and Partnership Attorneys
        • Founding Fellow
      • Clayton Elks Lodge 2132
        • Presiding Justice
      • New Jersey Corporate & Business Law Study Commission
        • 1989-2002
      • Attorney General’s Securities Advisory Committee
        • 1995-2001
      • National Conference of Lawyers & Scientists
        • 1988-1991

      Languages

      • German

    Bar Admissions

      • New Jersey
      • New York

    Peter D. Hutcheon has earned the Martindale-Hubbell 2023 AV Preeminent Attorney Rating status. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. 

    Peter D. Hutcheon has earned the Martindale-Hubbell 2022 AV Preeminent Attorney – Judicial Edition status. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

    Peter D. Hutcheon has been recognized in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for his high-caliber work in Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation.

    Peter D. Hutcheon has earned the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Attorney status. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

    Peter D. Hutcheon has earned the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® status. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

    Peter D. Hutcheon was selected to The Best Lawyers in America®

    • Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law, 2006-2024
    • Securities Regulation, 2011-2024

    A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

    Peter D. Hutcheon was selected to the 2013 Super Lawyers list. The Super Lawyers List is issued by Thompson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

    Peter D. Hutcheon was selected to the 2012 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of The Year list. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

    2005 Martin l. Lubaroff Award.

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    November 28, 2022
    Only Sell What You Know-II: Selling Variable Interest Structure Products Is a Fraud on the Unsuspecting
    November 21, 2022
    “Red Flags in the Mind Set”: SEC Sanctions Three Broker/Dealers for Identity Theft Deficiencies
    November 14, 2022
    Fake News, American Style: SEC Sues Company and Executives for Phony “News”
    November 7, 2022
    Not Ship Shape: SEC Sues Retired Chief Petty Officer for Fraudulent Offerings to Navy-Related Victims
    October 31, 2022
    Capturing the “Bull”: US Attorney and SEC Deal With “Inside” Tipper
    October 24, 2022
    Equitable Teaching: SEC Fails Variable Annuity Retirement Plans for Educators
    October 17, 2022
    Valuing the Risk: FICC Proposes Rule Change to Protect Against Repo Volatility
    October 13, 2022
    Lessons from an Elder Abuse Story with a (Relatively) Happy Ending
    October 10, 2022
    “Promise Them Anything, But Give Them” – NOTHING, SEC Sanctions Adviser to Private Funds
    October 3, 2022
    Independence Days: SEC Acting Chief Accountant Guides on PE Investment and Consultant Divestiture
    September 26, 2022
    Non-Compliant Compliance: SEC Sanctions Chief Compliance Officer
    September 19, 2022
    “Pillow Talk”: SEC Sues Greedy New Jersey “Domestic Partner”
    September 12, 2022
    Rate the Conflicts: SEC Sanctions Rating Agency and its Principal
    September 6, 2022
    Book Cooking Consequences: SEC Sanctions Corporate Executives and Outside Auditors for Accounting Fraud
    August 29, 2022
    Armored to the Brink: SEC Finds Security Company’s Confidentiality Agreement Illegal
    August 25, 2022
    Libor Continues to Fade Away
    August 22, 2022
    Sell Only What You Know: Swiss Bank Negligence is a Fraud on Clients
    August 15, 2022
    Impaired Brilliance: SEC and US Attorney Sue Veteran Investor for Insider Trading
    August 8, 2022
    The SEC “Special Ops” of Enforcement: Five cases Identified by Analysis and Detection Center
    August 1, 2022
    Who Are You? Auditor or Consultant, And Nonetheless Cheating on Exams
    July 25, 2022
    Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle: SEC Charges Foreign Nationals with Two Microcap Frauds
    July 15, 2022
    Fingers in the Till: SEC Charges Texas City Administrator with Falsified Financial Statements to Conceal Embezzlement
    July 11, 2022
    Stealing From the Weak: SEC Charges Fraudulent Operation of Special Needs Pooled Trusts
    June 27, 2022
    Serving the Public? SEC Charges Two Municipalities and Their Leaders with Bond Fraud
    June 20, 2022
    Changing the Game: SEC Brings Enforcement Action for Exchanging Annuities
    June 13, 2022
    A Fool in Idaho; SEC Sues Idahoans for Insider Trading Scheme
    June 6, 2022
    Words Have Meaning: NJ Court Upholds Waiver of Duty of Loyalty in LLC
    June 1, 2022
    SEC Brings Enforcement to Tragedy: Asserts Failed ESG Disclosure in Dam Collapse
    May 16, 2022
    “Fake News” Brazilian Style
    May 9, 2022
    Penny Pest Control: Rollins Inc. Pays $8 Million for Managing Earnings
    April 28, 2022
    Failing Grades: School District and Auditor Earn SEC Discipline
    April 21, 2022
    A Triptych of Frauds: SEC Brings Enforcement Actions
    March 15, 2022
    Maximizing the Fee: Royal Bank of Canada Affiliate Pays $30+ Million for Client Abuse
    February 9, 2022
    Piloting SARs for Foreign Bank Affiliates
    February 1, 2022
    No Way Out? Real Estate Lending Becomes Riskier
    January 11, 2022
    Lower the Gates and Raise the Swing: SEC Proposes Amendments to MMF Rules
    December 28, 2021
    Form Does Matter: NJ Professional Corporation is Different from its Principals
    December 21, 2021
    Uniform Independence: SEC Sanctions Accountants and Lawyers
    December 9, 2021
    “Call the Plumber”: Bank for International Settlement AND IOSCO Call for Reforms
    September 9, 2021
    Tweeting in the Night: Judgment Entered Against ARCS Stock Tout
    September 2, 2021
    Which Side Are You On? Municipal Broker/Dealer Takes Both Sides
    August 31, 2021
    Streaming Data: SEC Charges Netflix Trading Ring
    August 24, 2021
    Who Will Watch the Watchmen? Audit Shortcomings
    August 12, 2021
    Collateral Damage: SEC Sanctions “Varsity Blues” Parent
    August 10, 2021
    Improving the Plumbing: The Fed Responds to the Group of 30 and Creates Two Standing Repo Facilities
    August 3, 2021
    Insider Tips: And That IS “Bull”
    June 29, 2021
    “C.T.A.,” NOT “Chicago”
    June 8, 2021
    Fixing FICC: Agency Proposes Rule Changes to Encourage More Repo Clearing
    May 27, 2021
    “Margin, I Have to Have More Margin:” The National Securities Clearing Corporation Proposes to Increase the Minimum Required Fund Deposit
    May 25, 2021
    Data Integrity: The SEC Sanctions S & P Dow Jones Indices LLC
    May 20, 2021
    Too Much Bother: Broker/Dealer Affiliate of An Insurer Catering to Retirement Plans
    May 18, 2021
    Raising the Bar: SEC to Propose Increased Thresholds for Performance-Based Fees
    May 11, 2021
    Friends and Family Fraud: LLC Does It
    May 6, 2021
    The Dog Ate My Financials: Dissembling Filers Sanctioned by the SEC
    April 29, 2021
    Tightening the Reins: SEC Approves Proposed Rule Change to Clearing Agency Investment Policy
    April 27, 2021
    “I Robot:” The SEC Evaluates the First Law of Robotics
    April 22, 2021
    What’s in a Name? The SEC Warns Against Confusion in ESG Investments
    April 20, 2021
    Red Flags and SARs: The SEC Warns Broker/Dealers on AML
    April 15, 2021
    Oops: NASDAQ Seeks to Correct a 2009 Error Re: ADR Listing Requirements
    April 13, 2021
    Who Are You and How Much Are You Paid? MSRB Proposes Regulation of Solicitor Municipal Advisors
    March 30, 2021
    Under the Cover of Darkness: Insider Trading and the Dark Web
    March 25, 2021
    Beware the Ides of March: SEC Requests Comments on Climate Disclosure
    March 23, 2021
    Swiss Miss: The Fed, Basel III, and SLR
    March 9, 2021
    Are You Covered? The Exposure of D’s and O’s for Diverse Reasons
    March 4, 2021
    SEC Stops the Game: Suspending Trading After “Questionable Trading and Social Media Activity”
    March 2, 2021
    Being Held Accountable: The ‘Education’ of KPMG at the College of New Rochelle
    February 25, 2021
    ‘X-Rated’: SEC Sues Morningstar
    February 23, 2021
    ‘Bucking the Break’: SEC Requests Comments on MMF Reforms
    February 11, 2021
    Taking a Bath: Will Bed Bath & Beyond Drown in the GameStop Surge?
    February 9, 2021
    Inciting to Rupture: Keith Gill and the GameStop Surge
    February 4, 2021
    Tracking Treasury Trading: The Fed to Collect the TRACEs
    February 2, 2021
    Rupture Rapture: Should the GameStop?
    January 28, 2021
    Speaking with Divided Minds: The SEC “Modernizes” Investment Adviser Advertising
    January 14, 2021
    Taming the Elephants: SEC Jumbo Trader Risk Alert
    January 12, 2021
    In Defense of the Realm: The NDAA, Money Laundering, and Terrorist Financing
    January 7, 2021
    Tacking When Floating and Other Proposed Amendments to SEC Rule 144
    January 5, 2021
    Felling Goliaths: ICE, Prudential, and the SEC Slingshot
    December 31, 2020
    Letting Qualified Experts Expand the Pink to Avoid the Grey: Proposed Conditional Waiver to SEC Rule 15c2-11
    December 29, 2020
    Direct Listing on the New York Stock Exchange: “Undertaking” the Underwriter REDUX
    December 15, 2020
    When the CCO Is Not Compliant: Failure To Have Independent Testing of Broker/Dealer AML Compliance
    December 8, 2020
    Meeting Specified Standards: the SEC’s OCIE Assesses Compliance
    December 3, 2020
    LIBOR Is Fading Away; But, Perhaps, Not as Quickly as Thought
    December 1, 2020
    Treasury Transparency: Enhanced Regulations for Trading in Government Securities
    November 24, 2020
    A New Jersey LLC Is Really a General Partner
    November 19, 2020
    Credential Stuffing: Cyber Intrusions Into Client Accounts of Broker/Dealers and Investment Advisors
    November 17, 2020
    LIBOR Is Fading Away
    November 10, 2020
    Why FinTech Needs Boston Blackie
    November 5, 2020
    The European Stock Markets: Still at Sixes and Sevens
    October 29, 2020
    Keeping Securities Disclosures in the Pink: Amendments to SEC Rule 15c2-11
    October 22, 2020
    Inside Looking Out: Enforcing the Law Against a Market Designer
    October 13, 2020
    “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t:” Membership in an LLC
    October 8, 2020
    “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore:” SEC Enforcement Action Against a Trust Company With Trusts
    October 6, 2020
    Commerce, Culture, and Compliance
    October 1, 2020
    Taxing Disclosures: Municipal Securities Issuers and COVID-19
    September 29, 2020
    What if the Advice Is Suspect? Municipal Securities Advisor Registration and Dereliction
    September 22, 2020
    SEC Focus on Municipal Securities: Disclosure and Enforcement – The Peculiar Structure of the Municipal Securities Disclosure Regime
    September 17, 2020
    Bretton Woods, Bank Herstatt, and FedNow: The Origins of the International Payment System
    September 15, 2020
    ‘Accredited Investor’: Regulatory Design, the Revised Definition, and the Unfinished Result
    September 10, 2020
    When the Tank Is Empty: Auditing in the Time of COVID-19
    September 8, 2020
    SEC Seeks to Increase the Security of the Data on the Consolidated Audit Trail National Market System
    September 2, 2020
    Direct Listing on the New York Stock Exchange: “Undertaking” Underwriting
    August 19, 2020
    Are You Ready? Preparing Your Business for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Audit
    December 11, 2019
    Corporations and LLCs: New Federal Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Requires Reporting to FinCEN
    December 9, 2019
    SOFR and the Shutdown of Overnight Repos: What Happens If There Is Nothing to Measure?
    August 30, 2019
    SEC Stresses Attention to LIBOR Transition in Joint Statement
    August 20, 2019
    LIBOR to SOFR: The New Adjustable Rate Mortgage
    August 1, 2019
    Elder Financial Abuse: The Senior Safe Act
    July 23, 2019
    Oh How Will We Measure When the Ruler is Uncertain: More Observations on the LIBOR Saga
    July 16, 2019
    Research Reports by Broker/Dealers – FINRA Catches Up
    June 27, 2019
    General Partnership Interests Are Securities – Sometimes: The 5th Circuit Revisits Williamson
    June 3, 2019
    “Measure for Measure:” LIBOR, SOFR, and the U.S. Dollar ICE Bank Yield Index
    April 9, 2019
    FASB Refuses to Let Regional Banks Avoid Taking Earlier Loss Reserves
    March 8, 2019
    Broker/Dealer Research Reports – Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Business Development Companies
    December 11, 2018
    The Expanding Scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States


    Publications

    • Featured, “GameStop: Who’s Left Holding the Bag?,” Legal Talk Today Podcast, February 24, 2021
    • Cited, “LIBOR Transition: Wisdom for Global Capital Markets,” CIANJ Commerce, September 26, 2019
    • “The Merry Month of May: FinCEN, GDPR and Financial Institutions,” NMM Banking Alert, June 2018
    • Quoted, “Memorial steels 9/11 memories in Glouco,” The Inquirer (Philadelphia), September 9, 2013
    • “The JOBS Act of 2012,” NM Securities Law Alert, June 2012
    • “New Whistleblower Incentives and Protection in the Dodd-Frank Act,” NMM Labor & Employment Law Alert, October 2010
    • “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Insurance Regulations,” NM Insurance Law Alert, August 2010
    • “Accountants Serving As Securities Industry Professionals: Some Cautionary Notes ,” New Jersey Lawyer, the Magazine, December 2000
    • “An Overview of Certain Definitions, Exemptions and Anti-Fraud Provisions of the Uniform Securities Law (1997): An Effort at Statutory Rationalization and Clarification ,” New Jersey Lawyer, the Magazine, December 2000
    • “Regulation and the Investment Advisor,” Financial Planning Association of New York, November 9, 2011
    • “LLC or Inc.? Entity Selection for a Small to Medium Sized Business,” National Business Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, October 25, 2010
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