Justin L. Browder

Justin Browder is a Partner in the Firm’s Registered Funds and Funds Regulatory and Investigations Practices. He counsels investment advisers, registered and private investment funds and broker-dealers on all aspects of the federal securities laws. Justin has substantial experience advising managers of private funds (including hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds) and sponsors of wealth management and separately managed account programs concerning a wide variety of operational, transactional and adversarial matters. Justin also advises registered fund sponsors on complex issues arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the other federal securities laws. A central component of his practice involves representing advisers, funds and wealth management firms in SEC examination and enforcement proceedings. Justin is also a recognized practitioner in the area of digital assets, where he advises asset management firms that pursue digital asset investment strategies through wealth management and private fund offerings. Additionally, Justin’s experience includes representing financial sponsors and strategic investors concerning mergers, acquisitions and spin-outs of asset management businesses and advising alternative asset managers as to fund formation matters.

Justin has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance category by Chambers USA, Band 2 (2021-2024), Chambers Global (USA), Band 2 (2022-2025), and Chambers FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies, Band 4 (2024), where he is commended for his “significant experience advising asset managers on regulatory and operational issues, as well as federal securities matters,” and is noted as a lawyer whose “responsiveness, experience, communication method and advice are unsurpassed.” He is also a recommended lawyer in Finance: Fintech by Legal 500 US (2022-2023).

Justin frequently speaks on topics concerning the regulation of retail and private funds, including surrounding SEC regulatory matters, such as digital asset issues. He has spoken at events hosted by the Practising Law Institute, the Managed Funds Association and the Futures Industry Association, among many others. He is also a frequent contributor to publications including The Investment Lawyer, International Financial Law Review, and Futures and Derivatives Law Report on similar topics.

Justin received his J.D., magna cum laude, in 2009 from the University of Miami School of Law, where he served as Senior Articles Editor for the University of Miami Law Review. He received his A.B. in 2006 from Duke University. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York.