K&L Gates has added Peter J. Shea as a partner in the firm’s investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice. Shea advises on matters involving fund formation, registration and compliance; broker-dealer requirements; the creation and operation of hedge funds, distressed asset funds and other private investment vehicles; public and private debt equity offerings; and the formation and financing of start-up companies. For insight from K&L Gates practitioners, see “K&L Gates Partners Outline Six Compliance Requirements and Four Enforcement Themes for Private Fund Advisers (Part Three of Three)” (Jan. 8, 2015); and “Key Investment and Operational Restrictions Imposed on Alternative Mutual Funds by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Part Two of Two)” (Jun. 27, 2014).