Elliot J. Gluck is a partner in the Asset Management Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Elliot’s practice focuses on representing mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), private funds and their investment advisers. He has extensive experience in counseling on the organization and operation of registered investment companies, corporate governance and regulatory compliance. Elliot serves as fund counsel to some of the largest fund complexes in the mutual fund industry, as well as mid-size and smaller fund groups. He has also assisted a number of fund sponsors with entry into the registered fund industry. Elliot regularly advises closed-end funds in capital markets transactions, including initial and secondary public offerings of common and preferred stock.
Elliot advises investment advisers in a broad array of matters, including new product development, investment advisory/wrap fee programs and regulatory compliance. He also provides counsel to investment advisers and their parent companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions of their asset management businesses.
Elliot is ranked nationally for Investment Funds: Registered Funds in Chambers USA (2021). In 2016, he was selected as a Rising Star of Mutual Funds at the highly coveted Mutual Fund Industry Awards. Elliot has also been recognized by Legal 500 US and IFLR1000.