Mark Quade is an associate in Vedder Price’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Investment Services practice group.

Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Quade served as a 1940 Act attorney and assistant vice president at a mutual fund service provider in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There, he provided legal support to a registered open-end multiple series trust and its board of trustees, and he also supported proprietary mutual funds. Among other matters, Mr. Quade facilitated investment advisory agreement approval and renewal processes, prepared and reviewed board meeting materials, drafted mutual fund registration statements and responded to SEC comments.

While attending law school, Mr. Quade was a law clerk at a large national bank, a legal intern with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a student attorney at the Business Law Clinic and a research assistant, while also participating in National Moot Court. Prior to law school, he was a senior fund accountant with a Minnesota–based investment advisor.

Mr. Quade earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2013 with a concentration in Business Law. He graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls in 2004, where he double majored in Economics and Business Administration.