Sarah E. Cogan is a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she is a member of the Firm’s Corporate Department and head of the Firm’s Investment Management Practice Group.  Ms. Cogan advises clients on corporate and securities law, including investment management and M&A matters.   As the head of the Firm’s Investment Management Practice Group, she has represented a number of closed-end investment companies, mutual funds, investment advisers and independent directors of investment companies.

Ms. Cogan is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York where she has served as a member of the Committee on Securities Regulation and is currently a member of the Committee on Investment Management Regulation.  She is also a member of the New York and American Bar Associations.  She received her B.A. from Yale University in 1978 and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1981.  Joining Simpson Thacher in 1981, she became a partner in 1989. 

Ms. Cogan has represented Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. on a pro bono basis for many years and serves as Secretary of NRDC.

Honors/Associations

•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Committee on Investment Management Regulation, 2005-Present
•	New York State Bar Association
•	American Bar Association
•	Women's Investment Management Forum

Publications

•	SEC Releases Interpretive Guidance on Soft Dollars
•	Status of Independence Rule for Registered Investment Companies
•	Recent Regulatory Developments in the Investment Company Industry
•	Recent Regulatory Developments in the Investment Company Industry
•	The Revised New York Investment Advisory Act Executive Summary
•	SEC Adopts Final Rules Applicable To Registered Investment Companies Under The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Shareholder Reports, Financial Experts and Codes of Ethics
•	New Rules Applicable to Registered Investment Companies Including CEO / CFO Certifications and Reporting of Trades by Insiders
•	Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Supplemental Memorandum No. 3: Registered Investment Companies
•	Sec Adopts Amendments Regarding the Role of Independent Directors of Investment Companies
•	SEC Proposes Form ADV Amendments and Electronic Filing Requirements for Investment Advisers
•	SEC Proposes Amendments to Rules and Forms Regarding Role of Independent Directors of Investment Companies
•	ICI Advisory Group Issues Report Regarding Best Practices for Fund Directors
•	SEC Issues Letter Regarding Mutual Fund Supermarket Fees
•	SEC Modifies Rule 205-3 Requirements for Performance Fees
•	SEC Revises Mutual Fund Disclosure Requirements and Adopts “Profile” Rule
•	Staff Grants No-Action Relief Finding That a Strategic Alliance Will Not Constitute a Change of Control of an Adviser for Purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940

Speaking Engagements

•	Sarah Cogan to Speak at PLI's "ABCs of Mutual Funds" Conference June 3, 2008
•	Sarah E. Cogan Moderates Panel at Fund Program October 11, 2007
•	Sarah Cogan to Speak at PLI's Mutual Fund Program May 30, 2007

Admissions

•	New York 1982

Education

•	Georgetown University Law Center, 1981 J.D.
•	Yale University, 1978 B.A.