Burgess, Erica J.

Kiraz Bulut is a senior associate in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Investment Management Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2006.

Practice

Ms. Bulut represents various financial services clients, including investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, mutual funds, and banks in connection with regulatory and compliance issues arising under the federal securities laws and the rules of self-regulatory organizations.

Ms. Bulut’s practice focuses on the formation, reorganization and registration of investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, and mutual funds, as well as on compliance programs.

She also assists clients in connection with examinations, investigations, and proceedings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and self-regulatory organizations, and with private litigation claims.

Ms. Bulut has also advised hedge funds in the negotiation of various derivatives trading and account agreements with broker-dealer counterparties, including prime brokerage, ISDA, master repurchase and securities lending agreements, and term commitments.