Willkie adds asset management lawyer in Washington
Submitted
26/01/2021 - 9:16am
Benjamin B Allensworth has rejoined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as counsel. Allensworth will be a member of the Firm’s Asset Management Group, focusing his practice on advising investment advisers, private funds, hybrid regulated fund products (including business development companies), and broker-dealers on regulatory, compliance and transactional matters, and will be based in Washington, DC.
He previously served as Managing Director & Counsel for Tax and Finance at the Managed Funds Association (MFA), the leading industry trade organisation of the global hedge fund industry, for 13 years. Prior to that, he was an associate in Willkie’s Washington office.