Ted McCutcheon

Ted McCutcheon is a seasoned RIA chief compliance officer and securities regulation attorney. He founded the law firm Securities Law Counsel, PLLC (SLC) to offer clients the benefit of twenty-plus years of experience as an investment adviser firm general counsel and chief compliance officer; and as an SEC enforcement investigator, litigator, and trial lawyer. SLC leverages information technology to provide efficient, solution-focused legal and compliance services for SEC-registered investment advisers and ultra-high net worth investors, as well as effective representation in SEC enforcement actions. Until July 2024, Ted served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Locust Point Capital, an adviser to private credit funds in Miami, Florida. Prior to that, Ted served as CCO and Counsel at Kawa Capital Management, a multi-strategy private funds manager. Ted also has experience in wealth management, having been General Counsel and CCO for W.E. Family Offices, a multi-family office adviser. Before going in-house, he spent ten years in the Division of Enforcement of the SEC as Senior Counsel and then as Senior Trial Counsel. Ted has a B.A. in English from Brown University, and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. He is admitted to practice law in Florida and New York.