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Kevin R. Gustafson

Kevin Gustafson is a partner in the firm's Asset Management and Investment Funds practice. Kevin is a highly experienced advisor across financial services, fund product, and regulatory areas, with significant experience in global asset management and distribution and a specific focus on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). With more than three decades of experience in the financial and legal industries, Kevin offers a skilled perspective to help his clients devise their legal strategies with respect to ETFs, including for their domestic and international launches and listings. He is regularly called upon to advise on US regulatory issues related to investment management, fund structure and formation, governance, investments in derivatives, distribution, advisory registration, and compliance matters globally. Kevin’s experience spans a number of jurisdictions, including the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, China, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Australia.

Kevin has strong connections with multiple listing exchanges in the US and globally and brings extensive knowledge from his involvement in ETFs going back to when they first were being designed and launched over two decades ago.

Throughout his legal career, Kevin has been instrumental in the development, listing, and support of more than 250 ETPs across multiple global jurisdictions, guiding companies on regulatory issues and rule changes related to investment management, fund structure and formation, governance, exchange listing and trading, market distribution, and advisory registration and compliance matters applicable to both US and non-US domiciled firms. While serving as global in-house general counsel for a global asset manager, Kevin also led the regulatory and legal initiative to expand the ETFs’ global exchange listing and distribution for their ETFs, including the launch of its UCITs ETF range.

Prior to joining the firm, Kevin served as general counsel and chief compliance officer at an investment management firm, where he acted as head of legal and regulatory compliance matters. He also provided support in product development and exchange-listing activities for the ETF sponsor, including the initiation and driving of regulatory rule changes for derivatives-based structured outcome funds, which were new to market. 

Kevin was also previously responsible for legal affairs, regulatory compliance matters, risk, and corporate governance management for the Americas for a publicly listed global asset management company and served as chief compliance officer of its US investment management company subsidiary.

  • Volunteer Board Member Advising the American Cancer Society
  • Member of US Supreme Court Bar
     
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  • Co-Author, "Regulatory Monitor," The Investment Lawyer, November 2024
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