Mr Brian Daly > Akin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Akin
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Partner; Investment Management

Position

Brian Daly advises fund managers on regulatory, compliance and operational matters. He has extensive experience helping clients navigate their regulatory compliance obligations under the rules and regulations of the SEC, CFTC and NFA. Brian also regularly represents clients in regulatory examinations, enforcement actions, trading inquiries and in seeking no-action or similar relief. Having spent nearly a decade in-house as general counsel and chief compliance officer at several global investment management firms, Brian is well versed in the wide range of legal and business challenges facing investment advisers, commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors.

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Memberships

Board of Directors, Managed Funds Association; Elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation; Member, Private Investment Funds Committee, New York City Bar Association; Merit Badge Counselor, Boy Scouts of America

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, with distinction, 1996

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds

Start-up hedge funds frequently look to the investment funds department at Akin for the range of issues related to establishing themselves in the space. The firm also has a base of well-known funds and in 2022 saw increased work relating to co-investment opportunities. Leadership of the practice recently transferred to Barbara Niederkofler, whose broad investment funds practice includes notable expertise on the regulatory side, with an international perspective. William Wetmore rejoined the firm’s San Francisco office from an in-house hedge fund role in August 2022, and is again a lead contact for clients on transactional matters. Brian Daly is noted for compliance advice to quantitative and systematic firms and hedge funds, and John Hamilton advises sophisticated private fund managers on the formation and operation of hedge funds, private equity funds and credit funds. JP Bruynes is a strong choice of counsel for domestic and offshore hedge funds and hedge funds managers across structuring and formation, as well as transactional work. Unless otherwise noted, above named lawyers are based in New York. Stephen Vine has retired.