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Kevin F. Cahill
Partner | Los Angeles
Kevin F. Cahill

Kevin F. Cahill has 20 years of experience representing investment advisers and investment companies in all aspects of their organization, registration, operation, acquisition and liquidation. A member of Dechert’s global cyber, privacy and AI practice, Mr. Cahill provides sophisticated, solution-oriented advice to financial services firms on all aspects of data privacy, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance. He also represents clients in a wide range of regulatory, compliance and business matters. 

Mr. Cahill’s practice includes routinely providing strategic advice to clients on a variety of novel regulatory and transactional matters at the intersection of financial services and privacy and cybersecurity. He has significant experience delivering time-sensitive advice to clients regarding compliance with breach notification laws in the wake of data breaches, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Regulation S-P, and state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Mr. Cahill has assisted clients in navigating gray areas in the CCPA and has leveraged extensive knowledge of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Regulation S-P to provide advice on complex and nuanced issues related to the scope of the CCPA’s GLBA carve-out and its impact on personal information collected from investors across various channels. 

In addition to his cyber, privacy and AI practice, Mr. Cahill’s experience includes counseling banks, trust companies, investment managers, and other service providers in structuring, distributing and operating collective investment trusts (CITs). He has also advised on forming and reorganizing mutual funds and hedge funds, including negotiating fund documents and agreements; assisting clients on adviser and fund mergers, acquisitions, and adoptions; and serving as counsel to independent directors of investment companies.

Mr. Cahill has been recognized in The Legal 500 (US) in the area of Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy And Data Protection). An active thought leader, he has authored numerous publications and articles in the U.S. and international asset management field and has participated in industry group panels and educational events. He is co-author of the chapter, “International Investment Funds” from the PLI Treatise Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance.

Some of Mr. Cahill’s engagements and experience include:

  • Acting as lead outside counsel to a global asset management firm with respect to the structuring and operation of their advisory services to managed account (wrap fee) programs and model portfolio programs.
  • Several global asset management firms regarding strategic privacy and cybersecurity advice.
  • Several asset management firms in the development of information security programs, data privacy protocols and related compliance/audit programs.
  • Acting as independent counsel to trustees of bank-affiliated mutual funds.
  • Advising a global asset management firm with respect to the development and operation of their collective investment trusts (CITs).
  • Advising asset management firms regarding the operation and structuring of off shore investment trusts organized in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.
  • Counseling funds, their boards and advisers in corporate acquisitions and transactional matters, fund and adviser reorganizations and change of control matters, and fund adoption transactions.
  • Registered Funds Panel — Los Angeles Investment Management Symposium, Dechert LLP, Los Angeles, CA (October 27, 2022)
  • Registered Funds Panel — San Francisco Investment Management Symposium, Dechert LLP, San Francisco, CA (October 25, 2022)
  • Cybersecurity and Privacy — 2021 Virtual California Investment Management Symposium, Dechert LLP, Webinar (October 27, 2021)
  • Privacy and Cybersecurity — 2019 Los Angeles Investment Management Symposium, Los Angeles, CA (November 21, 2019)
  • Privacy and Cybersecurity — 2019 San Francisco Investment Management Symposium, San Francisco, CA (November 19, 2019)
  • Compliance Hot Topics – Compliance Conference at the Investment Company Institute's General Membership Meeting, Washington, D.C. (May 2-3, 2019)
  • Privacy and Cybersecurity – 2018 Los Angeles Investment Management Symposium, Los Angeles, CA (November 14, 2018)
  • Registered Funds Track – 2018 San Francisco Investment Management Symposium, San Francisco, CA (November 13, 2018)
  • Privacy and Cybersecurity – 2018 San Francisco Investment Management Symposium, San Francisco, CA (November 13, 2018)
  • Hedge Funds Nuts & Bolts: GDPR for US Hedge Funds – Dechert LLP, Webinar (April 11, 2018)
  • Cybersecurity Insurance Market Trends and Risk Management - Dechert LLP, Webinar (January 30, 2018)
  • Registered Funds Track – 2017 San Francisco Investment Management Symposium, San Francisco, CA (November 28, 2017)
  • Cybersecurity and the Board of Directors – Dechert LLP, Webinar (September 27, 2017)
  • 2016 Los Angeles Investment Management Symposium – Dechert LLP, Los Angeles, CA (November 10, 2016)
  • Cybersecurity, Business Continuity and Transition Planning: The Return of Operational Risk – Dechert LLP, San Francisco, CA (November 9, 2016)
  • ERISA's Fiduciary Rules: Re-Proposed "Investment Advice" Regulation – 2015 San Francisco Investment Management Symposium, San Francisco, CA (December 9, 2015)
  • Designing Privacy Policies and Identifying Privacy Risks for Financial Institutions – Dechert LLP, Webinar (September 29, 2015)
Services
    • University of Illinois, B.A., 1997, with Distinction
    • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2001, cum laude, member of the San Diego Law Review and Order of the Coif
    • California