Overview

Brad A. Green is an investment funds partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Brad counsels investment management clients in connection with structuring, registering and operating publicly-offered and privately-placed investment vehicles that provide access to retail and high-net-worth asset management platforms. His practice focuses on the representation of registered closed-end funds — notably, alternative products such as funds of private equity, private credit and hedge funds, and funds that provide “direct access” to such strategies and asset classes — as well as BDCs and traditional, exchange-listed funds.

Brad also serves as counsel to investment companies and their independent board members, as well as investment advisers and sponsors, and advises them on a broad range of transactional and ongoing regulatory and compliance matters arising under the federal securities laws. Brad regularly helps operating companies and other issuers navigate various considerations under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in connection with initial public offerings and corporate M&A and finance transactions.

In addition, Brad represents investment management clients in connection with SEC examinations, investigations and enforcement proceedings, and private litigation.
Brad is passionate about serving the needs of underserved New York City communities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Union Settlement, a nonprofit organization founded in 1895 that provides education, wellness and community-building services and programs to East Harlem residents.

Brad’s representative clients include 26North, Adams Street, Blue Owl, BBR Partners, Charlesbank, Macquarie, UBS Hedge Fund Solutions and Willow Tree Capital Partners.

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Thought Leadership

Seminars

Speaker, “Private Equity/Venture Capital Funds: Historic Approaches and Newer Trends,” Kirkland Webinar Series: Unlocking the Retail Market, January 2024

Speaker, “Current Market Opportunity Key Considerations When Forming a Retail Fund Structuring Options,” Kirkland Webinar Series: Unlocking the Retail Market, October 2023

Panelist, “Capital Formation for Unlisted Closed-End Funds,” ICI Closed-End Fund Conference, November 2023

Speaker, “Beyond Private Funds: Introduction to Registered Fund Products,” Kirkland & Ellis 2022 Registered Adviser Seminar & CCO Summit, November 2022

Publications

Co-Author, “SEC Adopts Amendments to Expand the Scope of the ‘Names Rule,’” Kirkland Alert, October 3, 2023

Co-Author, “SEC Adopts Amendments to Streamline Shareholder Reports and Update Advertising Rules for Investment Companies,” Kirkland Alert, November 21, 2022

Co-Author, “SEC Proposes Pair of Long-Awaited ESG Rules; Non-ESG Funds Swept Up as Well,” Kirkland Alert, June 3, 2022

Recognition

Chambers USA, Nationwide: Investment Funds: Registered Funds, 2024

IFLR1000, Registered Funds, 2022 & 2024

The Legal 500 United States, Mutual/Registered Funds/Exchange-Traded Funds, 2020–2022

Memberships & Affiliations

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Investment Management Regulation Committee

New York State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • New York

Education

  • Fordham University School of LawJ.D.
  • University of PennsylvaniaB.A.magna cum laude