Michael Rant Email & Phone Number

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Senior Counsel and lead ERISA attorney for Vanguard's Institutional Investment Group, providing legal counsel to the full service Retirement Plan Services business.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Managing counsel for Lockwood Advisors, Inc, and the Managed Accounts business of Pershing LLC, based in Pennington NJ. Lead attorney for a registered investment advisor providing managed account services, wrap accounts, model portfolios and discretionary overlay management services.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Securities, Corporate, and Retirement Plan Regulation – Provided counsel to management and compliance regarding all aspects of federal securities laws, trust regulations and ERISA applicable to the institutional investment business of Prudential Retirement. Areas of support included qualified and non-qualified plans, private placement offerings, implementation of privacy regulations, GLB and state regulation, sale of employer stock in retirement plans, broker dealer distribution and commission arrangements, AML, and internet related delivery. Legal counsel includes advice related to broker-dealer, trust company and registered investment adviser involving the ’33 Act, ’34 Act, Investment Advisors and Company Acts, ERISA fiduciary and prohibited transactions.Litigation – Managed numerous litigation matters including environmental, toxic tort, products liability, banking, healthcare, retirement services, ERISA, group credit life and disability, and structured settlement, group and individual annuities. Coordinated responses to regulatory examinations and subpoenas from state and federal regulators. Insurance Regulation – Provided legal counsel relative to the development and distribution of institutional insurance products, including group guaranteed and variable annuity contracts, funding agreements and synthetic guaranteed interest contracts.

Board of Trustees member and Secretary for non profit private co-educational boarding school founded in 1889.

Served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for a commercial excess lines property and casualty subsidiary of Prudential.

Arlington, Va, Us

Design firm for US Navy vessels. Worked on Frigate - FFG-7 and Destroyer -DDG-51 design projects in the weight controls area of the Hull Division. Project manager in the Hull division for modifications for the final four FFG 7 class Frigates.

Jd, Law

Bachelor Of Science, Marine Transportation

Diploma

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