Highlander Compliance Consulting/Highlander Law Firm provides outsourced CCO and GC services to private and traditional investment advisers and asset managers.I work with small and medium-sized investment advisers and asset manager (traditional/CFP, hedge fund, private equity, alternative advisers) to register my clients with state or SEC regulators and manage their investment advisory compliance programs. Through affordable monthly/annual programs I assist clients throughout the entire regulatory compliance process from registration, compliance program development and testing, and examination management. We also provide general legal counsel to investment advisers and asset managers (although we do not prepare hedge fund/PE fund offering documents, but can review to spot inefficiencies or pitfalls). With clients like Thorofare Capital and JCR Capital, we collaboratively, we work with the entire team from the portfolio managers, COO, administration, auditors and IR team to manage your compliance program from a business oriented perspective We have a particular focus on working with private real estate, private equity and alternative/quantitative asset managers offering private funds through 3(c)1, 3(c)5) and 3(c)(7) structures, including private REITS.My advisory practice focuses on providing sophisticated adaptive/dynamic asset allocation investment management for entrepreneurs, attorneys, professional athletes and entertainment industry professionals. Aveo Capital Partners, LLC provides full-service wealth and investment management services and financial planning to individuals, business owners, families, and foundations. We take a comprehensive and integrative approach to assist our clients manage their complete personal wealth and business portfolios.

Highlander Law Firm provides general counsel, SEC regulatory compliance consulting and outsourced chief compliance officer services to registered investment advisers and hedge fund managers. We focus on long-term relationships with a select number of clients to provide customized and tailored comprehensive regulatory program management. As such, we typically take clients on an annual contract basis with per-negotiated monthly program fees. Our clients include traditional SEC registered RIAs with $400mm-1bl of AUM as well as 3(c)(5) and 3(c)(1)-3(c)(7) real estate and private equity fund advisers. Stephen has also serves as general counsel and CCO to a multi-strategy hedge fund complex managing basket-option and leveraged multi-strategy fund of hedge funds and an alternative mutual fund.Stephen has successfully represented multiple RIAs through SEC and FINRA regulatory examinations and investigations, and successfully managed a high profile multi-jurisdiction litigation defense matter for a RIA/Hedge Fund sued by a celebrity client.

Managing Director of Business & Legal Affairs for full service wealth management firm focusing on entertainment and sports clients.

General Counsel for alternative based investment advisor managing more than $700 million in assets on a notional basis through complex multi-strategy hedge fund products and managed accounts.

Member of a boutique entertainment and commercial litigation law firm in Denver, Colorado where my practice focused on entertainment transactions, entertainment and commercial litigation, and trademark prosecution.

Part of a small team managing Qwest's billion dollar intellectual property portfolio and advertising legal review. I Also advised the company on entertainment realted legal issues.