John S. Sohn

Partner at The Wagner Law Group

John Sohn has over 25 years of experience advising financial institutions with respect to investment management matters including retirement-related products and services. His expertise includes ERISA and the areas of securities and banking laws relating to fiduciaries. John has extensive experience advising asset management firms, broker-dealers, banks, insurance companies and retirement platforms. He also has extensive experience with fund products and their distribution, including registered funds, private funds and bank-maintained CITs, as well as managed accounts and retail SMA/UMA programs. He has specialized expertise in short-term investment funds including 2a-7 money market funds and bank STIFs. Mr. Sohn graduated with honors from both Harvard Law School and Harvard College. Before joining The Wagner Law Group, John served as Associate General Counsel for Legg Mason and Citigroup, respectively, as their lead ERISA counsel, and most recently served as Senior Managing Counsel at BNY Mellon.

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