Gerald T. Lins

He counsels clients in all matters of investment regulations with a focus on regulations governing advisers and broker-dealers, bank fiduciaries, pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds, managed advisory accounts, bank collective investment funds, and retirement and insurance investment products), and the retirement marketplace.

His past experience includes serving for over 20 years as General Counsel of Voya Investment Management (formerly ING U.S. Investment Management), which comprises several investment advisory entities managing a wide variety of investment strategies and vehicles, including separate accounts, pension plans, mutual funds, hedge funds, offshore funds, wrap fee programs, insurance general accounts and collateralized debt obligations. 

Prior to this role, he was in charge of legal matters for a number of major asset managers and fund complexes, and also spent several years in private practice, concentrating on general corporate law matters and the regulation of investment companies, investment advisers, and other financial service providers. 

He started his career as a staff attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, where he had a broad range of experience with the regulation of investment companies and investment advisers under the federal securities laws.