The move follows the addition of Douglas Shulman as director and Scott Kelly as associate director to Kinetic's New York office in September last year. Working within the regulatory compliance practice, Shulman provides compliance services to hedge funds and private equity firms, while Kelly splits his time between FINRA registrations and anti-money laundering compliance services.

Kaplan will work alongside Kinetic Partners’ compliance team and provide regulatory compliance services to hedge fund and private equity firms.

The addition of Kaplan comes at a time when the alternative investment space is increasingly in demand of compliance support, as highlighted by the aforementioned hires. For example, Kinetic said Kaplan has significant experience in numerous practice areas, including the use of consultants and other information sources for research; the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; the investment advisor and commodity pool operator registration process; and US regulatory filings and the development/implementation of “highly tailored” compliance programs for fund managers.

A licensed attorney in the state of New York with over seven years of investment management experience, Kaplan joins Kinetic Partners from Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, where he was an associate in the hedge fund group.

There, Kaplan advised clients on various aspects of their businesses, covering areas including complex regulatory and compliance issues such as insider trading and protection of personal data. Before that, Kaplan was an investment management attorney at Schulte Roth & Zabel.