K&L Gates welcomed Thoreau Bartmann as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office. He joins the firm’s asset management and investment funds practice from the SEC, where he formerly served as co‑chief counsel of the Division of Investment Management, senior policy adviser to the head of the Asset Management Unit of the Division of Enforcement and a branch chief for the Rulemaking Office. For insights from other K&L Gates partners, see “Drafting Effective Key Person Provisions for Hedge Funds (Part One of Two)” (May 8, 2025); “SEC FAQs Clarify Marketing Rule Treatment of Extracted Performance and Portfolio Characteristics” (Apr. 24, 2025); and “Ireland’s New Dividend Participation Exemption: An Opportunity for Asset Managers” (Jan. 30, 2025).