Clifford Cone

Funds & Investment Management

Cliff Cone is a Partner in the New York office of Clifford Chance and the co-head of the U.S. Funds and Investment Management Practice. He focuses primarily on the investment management sector and has a broad base of expertise advising alternative investment managers, registered investment companies, BDCs, specialty finance companies and boards of directors with respect to all aspects of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Cliff has extensive experience with the organization and ongoing representation of U.S. registered open-end and closed-end investment companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, commodity funds, exchange-traded funds and business development companies. Cliff also regularly consults with investment advisers on registration and ongoing compliance and disclosure issues, including compliance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA). Cliff served on the Committee on Investment Regulation of the New York City Bar.

Brooklyn Law School (JD, Richardson Merit Scholar), 2005

Cornell University (BA), 2002