Jay G Baris

Practice Areas

JAY BARIS has practiced in the asset management area for more than 35 years. Jay is widely recognized for his breadth of experience representing registered funds, investment advisers, financial institutions, broker-dealers, and independent directors on the full spectrum of financial services regulation, transactions, and governance matters. Jay’s work with registered funds includes mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, and business development companies. He has extensive experience advising on the regulatory aspects of fund and investment advisory operations, and has represented numerous clients on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, exemptive applications, governance and compliance issues. He also advises operating companies on “status” issues that arise under the Investment Company Act of 1940. More recently, Jay advises investment management clients on issues related to blockchains and digital assets. Jay serves as an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School and chairs the Chair of the Task Force on Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies and Investment Management of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the American Bar Association. He hosts the Mutual Fund Minute podcast, available on Apple, Spotify, I Heart Radio and other podcast venues.