With Brightstar, you get trusted RIA consultants and securities attorneys advisor who will work hard for you, help you understand and navigate the uncertainties of an ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape, devise a game plan for where you’re going, solve discrete problems, and save your firm time and money. We take the time to listen to you and understand the challenges you face, respond promptly, communicate effectively, and provide proactive guidance and solutions tailored to your needs.
You have many choices when it comes to finding support for your RIA compliance and legal needs. What sets Brightstar apart is our:
- Expertise. It’s vital to choose a partner with deep knowledge and expertise specifically serving RIA firms. The Brightstar team is comprised of legal and professionals who have more than 60 years of combined experience serving the investment advisory community through their work at some of the most well-known firms in the financial services industry. This experience has helped us cultivate the legal and business knowledge, experience, judgment and industry relationships that enable us to provide practical and sophisticated legal advice, as well as business solutions that add significant value to our clients.
- Responsiveness. We understand that our clients have tight timelines and often need informed advice to be delivered quickly. We make it a priority to respond to clients quickly and update them on the progress of their projects.
- Effective communication. It’s not always easy to grasp the complexities of the compliance and legal issues that investment advisers face. We patiently and effectively communicate with our clients to educate them on current and future issues.
- Cost-effectiveness. Brightstar does not operate out of a traditional office environment, so we maintain a low overhead. We pass along the savings to our clients in the form of lower billing rates than many other law firms.
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“Rich has consistently gone above and beyond to ensure that our firm operates smoothly and efficiently within the regulatory framework applicable to our firm. He is responsive, diligent, thoughtful and a key driver of the success of our compliance program. Over the last few years, Rich has proven time and again that our trust in his guidance and counsel has not been misplaced. His ability to remain up to date on developments within the regulatory field, and understand how to apply those developments to complex structures/transactions, is unmatched. We are truly grateful to have him as part of our compliance arsenal.”
Natasha Christina Akda
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Cordoba Advisory Partners
“Richard's business-minded approach and profound expertise in compliance matters have been invaluable in guiding our decisions, making him a trusted, knowledgeable and dependable asset to GM Advisory Group.”
Margaret Iamunno
Chief Compliance Officer
GM Advisory Group
"It's not just the vast depth of Rich's expertise that has me routinely referring advisors his way, it's also his rare talent for communicating complicated legal issues in an understandable and actionable way."
Brad Wales
Founder
Transition to RIA
