Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds

Jason Monfort is an investment funds partner in the Boston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Jason represents open- and closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, independent directors/trustees of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, business development companies, registered investment advisers, banks, broker-dealers, private investment funds, insurance companies and other financial institutions in the full spectrum of financial services regulation applicable to developing, marketing and offering financial products. He advises clients on new product offerings, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory filings, reorganizations, compliance policies, regulatory investigations, exemptive applications and other innovative regulatory issues.

Jason is a frequent speaker on financial industry topics and is a contributing author to PLI’s treatise entitled “Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds Regulation.”

Former partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

Federal Bar Association

District of Columbia Bar Association

Boston College Law School, J.D., 2008

Northeastern University, B.S., 2005