Richard Kerr is a counsel in the firm’s Financial Institutions Group, where he is a member of the Investment Management, Banking and Fin Tech Practices. Mr. Kerr has a diverse practice focused on advising financial institutions on corporate, regulatory and transactional matters.



Mr. Kerr has experience advising investment companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, banks and other financial institutions on a variety of corporate, regulatory and transactional matters, including formation and registration of investment companies, formation and registration of investment advisers and broker-dealers, reorganization transactions, mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, de novo bank chartering, holding company formations, new product offerings and operating subsidiary formation and activities. He has extensive experience representing financial institutions before federal and state banking and securities regulators, and self regulatory organizations (including FINRA and NSCC) in connection with such matters. In addition, Mr. Kerr has boardroom experience, including representation of the independent directors of registered investment companies and the Boards of Directors of banking clients.