Kelley Howes

Kelley Howes is co-chair of the Investment Management Group and managing partner of the firm’s Denver office, and co-head of the Securities + Derivatives Regulatory Solutions team.

Kelley has over 30 years’ experience advising U.S. registered investment companies (including mutual funds, exchange traded funds, and interval funds), business development companies, registered investment advisers, and exempt reporting advisers on a wide range of legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. She also counsels clients regarding investment company status matters under the Investment Company Act.

Recognized as a go-to counsel for independent fund trustees, Kelley frequently advises registered funds and their trustees on corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory matters, mergers and reorganizations, and regulatory examination and enforcement matters.

St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1987; Suffolk University, J.D., 1992; Northwestern University, M.B.A., 2010