Partner
Los Angeles, CA
Christopher Hayes has spent over 22 years providing critical support to investment and trading business functions, helping to reduce risk and ensure the integrity of multibillion-dollar asset portfolios. His clients benefit from his deep knowledge of investment and securities regulations, particularly the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act. Chris consistently delivers top tier legal counsel on regulatory, fiduciary, and risk issues relating to diverse jurisdictions. He has vast experience as a collaborative leader on cross-functional initiatives, such as developing customized compliance solutions, drafting investment guidelines, and launching new funds and alternative products. He has handled a wide range of regulatory filings and has managed the responses to numerous regulatory inquiries as well as advising on various aspects of compliance programs.
Mr. Hayes holds a B.S. from Salem State University and a J.D. from New England Law. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
When Chris is not working, you can find him enjoying the outdoors including skiing, sailing, and participating in triathlons and adventure races.
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If I didn’t work for a law firm, I’d be working on a trading desk.
Christopher Hayes has spent over 22 years providing critical support to investment and trading business functions, helping to reduce risk and ensure the integrity of multibillion-dollar asset portfolios. His clients benefit from his deep knowledge of investment and securities regulations, particularly the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act. Chris consistently delivers top tier legal counsel on regulatory, fiduciary, and risk issues relating to diverse jurisdictions. He has vast experience as a collaborative leader on cross-functional initiatives, such as developing customized compliance solutions, drafting investment guidelines, and launching new funds and alternative products. He has handled a wide range of regulatory filings and has managed the responses to numerous regulatory inquiries as well as advising on various aspects of compliance programs.
Mr. Hayes holds a B.S. from Salem State University and a J.D. from New England Law. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
When Chris is not working, you can find him enjoying the outdoors including skiing, sailing, and participating in triathlons and adventure races.
Most recently, Chris was Senior Legal Counsel at Rockefeller Asset Management with a focus on their investment advisory and hedge fund business. Chris also provided advice on several foreign jurisdictional and registration concerns for the advisory and family office business. Chris previously served as Chief Compliance Officer and Managing Director at 1919 Investment Counsel and was a member of the firm’s operating committee. Chris spent 12 years as Senior Legal Counsel at T. Rowe Price Associates as part of the global advisory group. Chris provided extensive services to T. Rowe’s trading desk on market structure issues and worked on multiple SEC comment letters. He also held a dual position as Assistant General Counsel of Interactive Brokers and Managing Director of Greenwich Advisor Services which focused primarily on registering advisers with the SEC and state regulators. Chris started his career as an attorney at The Boston Company Asset Management (an equity focused boutique that was an affiliate of Mellon Bank).
Areas of Expertise include:
Chris has collaborated over the years with the Investment Adviser Association, serving on various committees including the Legal and Regulatory Committee. He has contributed to discussions about regulatory changes and related comment letters. Chris has collaborated on drafting testimony before the SEC as well as US Senate testimony regarding concerns about market structure and high frequency trading practices.
At Practus, we handle complex and challenging legal matters. I look forward to talking to you about how we can best meet your goals.
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