Hedge Funds
Global Guide 2024 : USA
Band 4
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+1 312 902 5200About
Provided by Katten
A long-established leader in the financial services industry, Katten brings deep knowledge and practical, real-world experience in securities, futures, derivatives, funds and alternative investment management. Our counsel is informed by the team's collective experience as former regulators, including attorneys who have held senior positions within the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Justice, as well as senior in-house counsel and business advisors at global investment banks. Clients call on us to provide insight and advice on complicated, evolving US and international regulations, including the myriad of new regulations in the United States in addition to key EU initiatives such as the Market Abuse Regulation, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II and the developments surrounding Brexit.
Our team includes some of the most active, experienced litigation and regulatory enforcement attorneys, who understand the structure, risk and regulatory context of the full range of financial products that our clients trade, as well as the trading platforms, clearinghouses and traditional over-the-counter dealer-to-dealer markets they participate in.
Chambers Review
Katten boasts a polycentric team with experienced hedge funds lawyers in the firm's New York and Chicago offices. Retained for ongoing operational advice by numerous asset managers, also boasting an excellent track record in fund launches and investment platform establishment.
Work Highlights
- Katten assisted Vatic Investments with the launch of a new master-feeder fund structure, among other issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team is great - its practitioners are knowledgeable of niche industries and are really thorough."
"Katten has a deep bench of attorneys to handle every matter."
"The group is responsive, thoughtful, thorough and commercial."
"The team is great - its practitioners are knowledgeable of niche industries and are really thorough."
"Katten has a deep bench of attorneys to handle every matter."
"The group is responsive, thoughtful, thorough and commercial."
Notable Practitioners
Allison Yacker's expertise encompasses managed account platforms and offshore funds.
"Allison is an exceptional lawyer. She's very thoughtful, commercial and practical."
Henry Bregstein is admired for his wide-ranging hedge funds practice, with experience in insurance-dedicated funds.
"He is knowledgeable of the market and has excellent technical skills."
"Henry is very experienced in this space."
Cochair of the investment management and funds practice, Wendy Cohen is held in high regard throughout the space. She has considerable experience of advising clients on significant acquisitions and fund management matters, as well as regulatory issues.
"Her service levels and commercial awareness are exceptional."
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