Simon Riveles

Partner

Simon represents alternative investment funds, including hedge, private equity, and venture capital funds, as well as their sponsors, managers, and investors in a broad range of matters relating to their structuring, formation, corporate governance, operations, and regulatory compliance. His clients include SEC and state registered investment advisers, commodity pool operators, broker-dealers, and managers based in foreign jurisdictions.

Simon is also counsel to a wide range of companies, advisors, funds, and issuers in the cryptocurrency space.

Having launched in excess of 800 funds since 2011, Simon represents funds pursuing a diverse range of liquid and illiquid strategies including cryptocurrency/digital asset, global macro, real estate, micro-cap, forex, futures, statistical arbitrage, multi-strategy, emerging market, sector-focused, volatility arbitrage, fixed income, cash advance, real estate tax lien, distressed company, as well as start-up company investments. Simon has broad experience representing issuers in private-public offerings under Reg. D and Reg. A, including initial coin offerings and other pre-sale token allocations. He also advises on issues related to fund advertising and general solicitation, preparation of policies and procedures manuals, response to SEC and CFTC audits and general corporate and securities matters and routinely advises on legal issues arising under the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act, the Commodity Exchange Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

A former Chairman of the Hedge Fund Association’s government lobbying committee, Simon is an honors graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law. He has practiced corporate and securities law since 1999.