Bill represents fund managers, registered investment advisers, commodity pool operators, trading advisors, broker-dealers and others on regulatory, compliance and operational matters.

With considerable experience analyzing issues facing managers, Bill provides counsel on private funds law, formation, regulation, compliance and operations applicable to hedge, private equity, private credit and other fund managers. He assists clients with navigating their regulatory compliance duties under the rules and regulations of the SEC, CFTC and NFA, as well as other global regulatory developments.

Bill also advises clients on best practices in a variety of complex arenas. Those include fund formation, due diligence, financing facilities, fund governance and regulatory analysis and filings. He also assists clients on fund manager operations and innovative fund structures.

Prior to joining Akin, Bill was editor-in-chief of the Hedge Fund Law Report and the Private Equity Law Report, advising general counsel and chief compliance officers of private fund managers on key legal, regulatory and compliance issues. Previously, he was hedge funds general counsel of global alternative asset manager Investcorp International Inc.