Joseph V. Del Raso

Joseph V. Del Raso

Joseph V. Del Raso is a partner in the Commercial Department of Pepper Hamilton, LLP. Joseph leads the firm’s Investment Management Practice Group and is a practice leader for the firm’s Private Fund Services Practice Group.

Joseph concentrates his practice in securities. His work encompasses the representation of investment advisers, mutual funds, closed-end investment companies, unit investment trusts, hedge funds, offshore funds, and publicly owned venture capital funds.

He advises clients on the development of new or innovative securities products that are regulated by the Investment Company Act and works closely with the SEC, state securities regulators, and federal and state banking regulatory authorities that are primarily responsible for the oversight of collectively managed investment vehicles.

Joseph started his legal career as an attorney/adviser in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management. He lectures frequently about investment company regulation and has appeared several times in Europe as a lecturer or moderator of legal programs regarding the offshore development and marketing of investment company products. He is the founding co-editor-in-chief of the Villanova Journal of Law and Investment Management.

Joseph holds a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law and a B.S. in accounting from Villanova University. He is admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and Florida.