Registered Funds
USA - Nationwide
5 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Jay G Baris
USA 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by Norm Law
USA
Practice Areas
Investment Funds
Career
Jay Baris is a Partner at Norm Law in the Investment Funds practice group. Jay brings more than 35 years of experience advising registered funds, investment advisers, financial institutions, broker-dealers, and independent directors across the full spectrum of financial services regulation, transactions, and governance matters.
Prior to joining Norm Law, Jay was a Partner, and then Senior Counsel, at Sidley Austin LLP in New York. He advises mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, business development companies, and other financial institutions on fund and investment advisory matters, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, exemptive applications, and compliance. Jay also advises operating companies on issues arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and FinTech clients on the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets.
Jay has been consistently recognized in Chambers USA in Registered Funds (Nationwide, 2009–2025) and Chambers Global (2020–2026).
Education
Hofstra University School of Law
J.D.
Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Chambers Guide to the USA
Registered Funds - USA - Nationwide
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Jay Baris of Norm Law is highly skilled in advising registered funds, including ETFs and their independent trustees.
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