Shane Hansen

Shane B. Hansen co-chairs the Funds and Investment Services Practice and concentrates in federal and state securities laws and related rules. He advises broker-dealers, investment advisers, and bank-affiliated firms about a wide range of business, corporate, contract, compliance, and regulatory topics. He has substantial experience involving mergers, acquisitions, and sales of financial services firms and their practices. Shane regularly assists broker-dealers and investment advisers with examinations and investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), FINRA, and state securities regulators. Through his active involvement with the Committee on State Regulation of Securities of the American Bar Association (ABA), he works closely with the leadership of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), through which he has developed extensive contacts with state securities regulators. For example, in the Fall of 2018, he initiated a dialog with NASAA’s Investment Adviser Section about developing a model rule to bring greater uniformity and clarity to state regulation of solicitors for SEC- and state-registered investment advisers; he served as the principal author of a related whitepaper to frame these issues for NASAA, available upon request. He is also an active member of the ABA’s Committee on Federal Securities Regulation. He serves on the Business Law Section Council for the State Bar of Michigan, and he is an active member of its Securities Committee. Other professional associations include the Investment Adviser Association (IAA), the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP), the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), and the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Mr. Hansen graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School in 1982. He graduated with high honors from Albion College in 1979.