Kenneth E Burdon

Practice Areas

Ken Burdon advises asset management companies on the development, launch and ongoing operation of a full spectrum of products designed for retail and high net worth investors, such as business development companies (BDCs), registered investment companies, including interval funds, tender offer funds, listed closed-end funds, mutual funds, and ETFs, private investment funds designed for individual investors (“retail 3(c)(7) funds”), and other innovative products and structures for owning infrastructure, private credit, and private equity assets and businesses. Ken focuses on products that provide retail and high net worth investors with access to private markets and alternative asset classes. His practice also encompasses counseling on the regulatory, compliance, and governance issues these products present, he regularly assists clients in obtaining exemptive or other relief from the SEC and other financial industry regulators, and he advises financial services companies and financial institutions in connection with M&A and other transactional activity. Ken is also a leading voice in the closed-end fund industry on the topics of corporate governance and addressing shareholder activism.

Professional Memberships

Co-Chair of Broker-Dealer/Investment Companies & Advisors Subcommittee of Boston Bar Association

Publications

“Closed-End Fund Activism: How to Level the Playing Field, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation” (Feb. 7, 2024)

Co-author of “A Close Look At The Evolving Interval Fund Space” (Dec. 2, 2025)

Co-author of “Co-Investment Programs: From Byzantine to Spartan” (Aug. 1, 2025)

Personal

Boston University School of Law, 2007 J.D. (summa cum laude; Editor, Boston University Law Review); Boston University, 2004 B.A. (summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)