Andrew Zutz is an investment funds partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Andrew focuses his practice on the investment management industry, primarily representing registered investment companies and their investment advisers and boards of directors with respect to a wide variety of regulatory, compliance, securities law, governance and fiduciary matters.
The clients with whom Andrew works include all types of registered funds, including traditional open-end mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, money market funds, sub-advised funds and closed-end funds (including interval funds and tender offer funds). As regular outside counsel, Andrew advises registered funds on various aspects of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other applicable federal securities laws during all stages of fund operation, including product development and fund formation matters and on-going SEC regulatory, compliance and registration requirements. Andrew also counsels fund independent directors on oversight matters, including with respect to their fiduciary and oversight responsibilities, and he regularly advises investment advisers on various aspects of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 in connection with a broad range of regulatory and transactional matters.
