Aaron Gilbride advises clients on complex matters involving federal securities and banking laws.

Leveraging over 15 years of experience across government and private practice, including with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management, Aaron represents:

  • Investment advisers
  • Private funds
  • Registered funds
  • Fund directors
  • Financial institutions

Aaron regularly advises clients on SEC examination and enforcement investigations. He also counsels corporate clients on matters that could give rise to regulatory issues under the Advisers Act and 1940 Act, including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, financings, and emerging company matters.

Before joining Latham, Aaron spent nearly six years in senior leadership roles at the SEC, including as Branch Chief in the Chief Counsel’s Office of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, where he oversaw no-action letters, exemptive applications, and interpretive guidance. Aaron also collaborated closely with the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (now Division of Examinations) and Division of Enforcement, with a focus on examinations and enforcement actions involving investment advisers and private funds.

While at the SEC, Aaron also served as Senior Counsel to the Director of the Division of Investment Management and as a principal staff member on the Volcker Rule Interagency Group, where he focused on issues relating to private funds.

Aaron also served on the staff of three Members of Congress, where he focused on a variety of regulatory matters including financial services, economic policy, budget, and trade.

Aaron is an active thought leader and has spoken at numerous events, including conferences hosted by the Investment Adviser Association, Investment Company Institute, and NSCP. He has also served as a member of the New York City Bar Investment Management Regulation Committee and as a member of the Investment Company Institute Outside Counsel Advisory Committee.

Aaron’s recent experience includes advising:

  • Goldman Sachs Alternatives on regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of Groupe Crystal, a France-based wealth management company
  • Duration Capital Partners on regulatory matters relating to its spin-out of Oaktree Capital Management
  • Searchlight Capital Partners on regulatory matters in connection with a GP-led secondary transaction involving the sale of its interests in Integrated Power Services to a newly formed continuation vehicle, Searchlight Capital CFK SPK, L.P.
  • Patria Investments on regulatory matters related to the restructuring and strategic acquisition of abrdn’s European-headquartered funds of funds, secondary and co-investments private equity business
  • GEF Capital Partners on regulatory matters related to the formation of GEF US Climate Solutions Fund II, L.P. The fund focuses on investments in established middle and lower-middle market companies positioned to lead growth in climate change and pollution mitigation in the United States and Canada

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • JD, American University Washington College of Law, 2009
  • BS, Miami University, 2003

Practices