With work spanning a wide range of jurisdictions, the team at Katten is well-versed in handling regulatory and compliance issues for its clients, from securities and digital assets issues to derivatives and tax concerns. The firm is at home handling emerging trends in the hedge funds space, advising on cryptocurrencies, quantitative and algorithmic trading. Based in Chicago, Lance Zinman jointly leads the practice alongside in Wendy Cohen in New York. Zinman is an experienced advisor to quantitative asset managers and proprietary trading firms deploying algorithmic and low-latency trading strategies. Cohen specializes in providing regulatory advise to investment managers. In New York, Henry Bregstein acts for creators and distributors of alternative investment vehicles, while Chicago-based Jonah Roth supports commodity pools and funds of funds on their formation, structuring and operation.
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Key clients
- Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
- Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management
- Alternative Investments, LLC
- Clear Haven Capital Management, LLC
- Jain Global
- Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
- Partners Capital Investment Group
Work highlights
Represented Partners Capital Investment Group on the restructuring of its multi-manager hedge fund platform.
Represented Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management in connection with its acquisition of the UBS O’Connor alternatives investment platform, which includes hedge funds, private credit funds and commodities funds.
Advised Jain Global on a variety of matters related to its hedge fund business, including futures and derivatives regulatory matters, US and UK employment matters, and best practices for use of expert networks.
Practice head
Lance Zinman; Wendy Cohen
Other key lawyers
Henry Bregstein; Jonah Roth