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Akin Gump
Jan-Paul Bruynes
Partner, Akin Gump
London, United Kingdom
About me
Address: New York: One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036-6745; London: Eighth Floor, Ten Bishops Square, London E1 6EG
Areas of Focus: Hedge Funds; Credit Funds; Corporate; Emerging Markets Funds Transactions; Energy & Natural Resources Funds; Seeding Transactions; Real Estate & Infrastructure Funds; Commodities Funds; Institutional Investors; Fund Formation; Fund Manager Transactions; Private Equity Transactions
Biography:
JP works with a range of professionals in the private investment space, focusing on the formation and operation of quantitative investment managers and funds. He actively participates in structuring, negotiating and documenting fund formation, seed capital and other transactions. He also advises hedge fund managers, investment advisers, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and third-party marketers with regulatory compliance, including responses to SEC, CFTC, NFA and exchange audits and investigations.
JP advises clients with respect to a broad variety of investing activity, including:
- Securities
- Commodities
- Futures contracts
- Options
- Swap transactions
- Cryptocurrencies.
JP brings over 25 years of experience representing leading quantitative fund managers in a practice that, in multiple industry surveys, is consistently hailed as a leader. With a team of over 100 lawyers, the practice is distinguished by the resources that it dedicates to representing quantitative fund managers, the high-profile nature of its engagements and the number of industry-leading managers that it represents.
JP is involved in community, civic and charitable activities that include membership in the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) working group, the Managed Funds Association CTA/CPO forum and the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association. He is also a former member of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Futures and Derivatives Regulation and its CPO/CTA subcommittee.
Representative Work:
- Assisted a global commodities fund in connection with the establishment of a new fund for its flagship program and modernization of the related Bermuda fund.
- Advised an investment management firm in its establishment of a new master feeder fund to trade its futures program.
- Supported an investment management firm in obtaining Securities and Exchange Commission investment adviser registration and in preparing necessary compliance policies and procedures.
- Has assisted clients in navigating complex new swaps trading rules, including the implantation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II, Dodd-Frank Protocols I and II, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) swaps rules, proposed CFTC federal speculative position limits for futures and related swaps, aggregation rules and exemptions, and the applicability of swaps reporting. Given the sometimes overlapping and potentially different requirements of Dodd-Frank and EMIR, frequently advises clients on transacting transatlantic business.
- Actively advising many of the world’s largest CTAs and hedge fund managers in connection with MiFID II and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.
Credentials:
Education: J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1990; B.A., Trinity College, 1987 (with honors)
Bar Admissions: New York, 1991
Recognitions:
- The Legal 500 US , "Leading Lawyer," 2024-2026; Alternative/hedge Funds, 2024–2026.
- Who’s Who in Legal 100, Private Funds, 2014-2015 and 2022-2023.
Affiliations:
- Member, Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) CFTC working group.
- Steering Committee Member, CTA/CPO Forum, Managed Funds Association.
- Member, Connecticut Hedge Fund Association.
Insights:
- SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts (August 19, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-regulation-crypto-assets-a-tailored-offering-framework-for-crypto-investment-contracts
- Akin Secures Top Rankings in The Legal 500 US 2026 (June 10, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/akin-secures-top-rankings-in-the-legal-500-us-2026
- CFTC Advances Framework for Perpetual Contracts and 24/7 Markets (June 9, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/cftc-advances-framework-for-perpetual-contracts-and-247-markets
- SEC Issues Final Order Increasing Qualified Client Thresholds (May 5, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-issues-final-order-increasing-qualified-client-thresholds
- SEC Issues Notice of Intent to Issue Order to Increase Qualified Client Thresholds (April 7, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-issues-notice-of-intent-to-issue-order-to-increase-qualified-client-thresholds
- SEC and CFTC Issue Guidance on the Applicability of Federal Securities Laws to Crypto Assets and Blockchain Activities (March 24, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-and-cftc-issue-guidance-on-the-applicability-of-federal-securities-laws-to-crypto-assets-and-blockchain-activities
- CFTC Relief Eliminates Dual US Regulation of Certain Investment Managers (December 22, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/cftc-relief-eliminates-dual-us-regulation-of-certain-investment-managers
- NFA Repeals NFA Interpretive Notice 9073 and Amends NFA Compliance Rule 2-51 (October 24, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/nfa-repeals-nfa-interpretive-notice-9073-and-amends-nfa-compliance-rule-2-51
- SEC Allows State-Chartered Trust Companies to Serve as Crypto Custodians (October 7, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-allows-state-chartered-trust-companies-to-serve-as-crypto-custodians
- Crypto CLARITY: The Politics, Policy and Implications of Digital Assets Regulatory Framework Legislation in the 119th Congress (July 28, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/crypto-clarity-the-politics-policy-and-implications-of-digital-assets-regulatory-framework-legislation-in-the-119th-congress
- Akin Secures Top Rankings in The Legal 500 US 2025 (June 12, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/akin-secures-top-rankings-in-the-legal-500-us-2025
- CFTC Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham Announces CFTC’s 30-Day Enforcement Sprint (March 19, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/cftc-acting-chair-caroline-d-pham-announces-cftcs-30-day-enforcement-sprint