our private fund team

Grace Brescia

Grace’s professional career spans more than twenty-five years across fund managers and broker-dealers. Grace functioned as a manager, partner, member, and Chief Compliance Officer of both broker-dealers and investment advisors, and acquired extensive expertise in private fund management, trading floor operations, FINRA/SEC/NFA/CFTC reporting, underwriting and supervisory control procedures. Grace maintains particular familiarity with Dodd-Frank, FSA, […]

our private fund team

Brian McNally, Esq.

Brian F. McNally has almost 30 years of regulatory experience as investment management lawyer and compliance professional, including senior roles at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, in private law practice at two national law firms, and in house as general counsel and chief compliance officer of a prominent investment adviser. Brian also served as […]

our private fund team

Gary W. Mair, Esq. (Managing Partner)

Gary has over 25 years of substantial alternative asset management business, securities law, fund manager operations, securities regulations, hedge, private equity, venture capital fund offering (private placement), initial public offering, C-suite fund manager business and legal expertise.  Deep know how of the alternative asset management business model as: (i) former managing attorney at a cutting-edge […]

CFTC – New Rule

CFTC new rule impacting definition of “qualified eligible person” exemption to avoid regulatory review of documents

SEC New Rule Impacting Investment Advisers

SEC adopted changes to comply in 2024 aimed at non-registered and registered advisers (IAs) to private funds)

pooled fund formation