Elias B. Wright

Delivering strategic, market-informed solutions for asset managers and institutional investors

Focusing on the formation and ongoing representation of investment funds and their sponsors, Elias handles complex structures for large-scale asset managers. His fund formation work encompasses co-investment structures, separately managed accounts and evergreen funds, as well as vehicles pursuing technology-oriented strategies.

Institutional clients also turn to Elias for guidance on a range of investment management matters. His counsel to investment management clients covers ongoing regulatory matters and the frameworks governing investment advisers and their products, reflecting a comprehensive approach to regulatory compliance.

As a day-to-day contact for institutional clients, Elias helps manage complex, multi-workstream engagements from inception through completion. His approach integrates transactional and regulatory advice to support clients' strategic goals.

Before returning to Katten, he was an associate at another leading international law firm, advising financial services clients on a broad range of transactional and regulatory matters.

While in law school, Elias was a member of the Fordham Law Review. His note, The Future of Facial Recognition Is Not Fully Known: Developing Privacy and Security Regulatory Mechanisms for Facial Recognition in the Retail Sector, received the James R. Cleary Prize for Student Media Law and Policy. He also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Leda Dunn Wettre of the US District Court for New Jersey.