Jay Baris is a Partner at Norm Law in the Private Funds practice group. Jay brings more than 35 years of experience advising registered funds, investment advisers, financial institutions, broker-dealers, and independent directors across the full spectrum of financial services regulation, transactions, and governance matters.
Prior to joining Norm Law, Jay was a Partner, and then Senior Counsel, at Sidley Austin LLP in New York. He advises mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, business development companies, and other financial institutions on fund and investment advisory matters, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, exemptive applications, and compliance. Jay also advises operating companies on issues arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and FinTech clients on the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets.
Jay has been consistently recognized in Chambers USA in Registered Funds (Nationwide, 2009–2025) and Chambers Global (2020–2026).
Registered Investment Companies
Registered Investment Advisers
Regulatory and Compliance Matters
Fund Governance
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law
B.A., State University of New York - Stony Brook
Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn Law School
Member of the Board of Advisors of The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation
Member of the Advisory Board of BoardIQ