Clifford Cone

Practice Areas

Cliff Cone is a Partner in the New York office of Clifford Chance and the co-head of the U.S. Funds and Investment Management Practice. He focuses primarily on the investment management sector and has a broad base of expertise advising alternative investment managers, registered investment companies, BDCs, specialty finance companies and boards of directors with respect to all aspects of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Cliff has extensive experience with the organization and ongoing representation of U.S. registered closed-end investment companies, exchange-traded funds, business development companies, crypto-focused funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and commodity funds. Cliff also regularly consults with investment advisers on registration and ongoing compliance and disclosure issues, including compliance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA). Cliff serves on the Committee on Investment Regulation of the New York City Bar.

Career

Cornell University (BA, American Studies) 2002

Brooklyn Law School (JD, Notes and Comments Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, Richardson Merit Scholar) 2005

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2006

Joined Clifford Chance 2007

Partner since 2013