John P. Cavanagh is counsel to the Director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a position to which he is detailed from the Private Funds Branch of the Investment Adviser Regulation Office. Prior to joining the Division of Investment Management, John was special counsel in the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. Prior to joining the SEC, John was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York and Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the Investment Funds Group. At Paul, Weiss, John advised fund sponsors on the formation and operation of private investment funds, as well as on various management company matters. Prior to law school, John was a managing consultant at a strategy consulting firm in Washington, D.C. John earned his B.A. from Colgate University and his J.D. with high honors from the George Washington University Law School.