Braden M. Perry
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Braden Perry is a former federal enforcement attorney and veteran in regulatory compliance and white-collar defense, Mr. Perry has the expertise and consults with clients throughout the United States in areas of internal investigations, enforcement matters, regulatory issues, and corporate transactions, including advising on highly complex regulatory structures. Mr. Perry routinely guides clients through all stages of litigation and specializes in complex, high-stakes disputes involving matters of first impression. He also serves as an expert witness in complex financial matters. This litigation experience is vital when advising clients in multifaceted criminal and regulatory issues. Mr. Perry also has a deep understanding of the vast array of statutes, regulations, caselaw, and other requirements involved in civil forfeiture. Before forming Kennyhertz Perry, Mr. Perry was a Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Regulatory Attorney of a global financial services and FINRA member firm. He handled all aspects of compliance and regulatory responsibilities for multiple registered investment advisors, mutual funds, alternative investments, and a broker-dealer. Mr. Perry focused on identifying and assessing the compliance risks of the firms, creating and implementing policies and procedures that address and allow compliance risks to be managed, and reviewing the policies and procedures to determine their continued adequacy and effectiveness. Previously, Mr. Perry served as a senior trial attorney for CFTC, managing a team of trial attorneys, investigators and support staff in the investigation and prosecution of market manipulation, market abuse, and fraud in the futures and derivatives markets, advising staff in areas of investigations, leading investigations of high profile matters, and facilitating effective engagement and collaborative work with other U.S. regulatory and prosecutorial bodies, international regulators, and exchange staff. Mr. Perry served as a liaison to the Office of General Counsel in the revision of CFTC policies and procedures under regulatory reform, including Dodd-Frank, including drafting provisions for the enforcement of complex derivative swaps. He was also named to a CFTC, SEC, and FERC interagency task force on the federal collection and retention of sensitive data. Mr. Perry began his career in the Blackwell Sanders Government Compliance, Investigations, and Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial and Business Litigation, and Digital Discovery and Records Management practice groups. He represented clients in the prosecution and defense of complex business disputes in domestic and international jurisdictions, served as counsel to publicly and privately held companies undergoing both internal and external investigations, assisted clients in recognizing and avoiding the expanding risk of corporate criminal liability, and designing and implementing targeted corporate compliance programs. Mr. Perry was a founding member of the electronic discovery practice group and has first-chaired trials in Missouri Circuit Courts and Kansas Chapter 60 and 61 courts, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in various financial, commercial, criminal, and collection matters. Mr. Perry is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and Kansas State University. During his time in law school, Mr. Perry was a member of the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy. Mr. Perry is admitted to practice law in Kansas and Missouri and has held the Series 7, 24, and 66 licenses with FINRA. Mr. Perry also serves as a National Futures Association and FINRA arbitrator. He regularly conducts various regulatory training with clients and is a frequent speaker on emerging legal topics. Mr. Perry is a regular contributor and media source appearing in over 150 financial and legal publications.