Gavin Fearey

Gavin Fearey represents private investment fund managers, commodity pool operators, bitcoin-native companies and other businesses in Texas and globally.

A core of Gavin’s practice is working with bitcoin-native companies, bitcoin ‘hodlers’ and institutions looking to add bitcoin, stablecoins and other digital assets to their portfolios, products or transactions. Since 2017, he has worked with bitcoin custody solution providers, companies holding bitcoin as a treasury asset, companies using bitcoin as collateral for loans, bitcoin miners and infrastructure developers, and nonprofit developers within the bitcoin ecosystem. These clients tend to be nimble, technical, and can grow quickly—mirroring bitcoin’s own adoption curve.

With over 24 years of experience, Gavin is well-versed in CFTC, SEC and other U.S. regulatory issues impacting traditional institutional clients such as investment managers, private investment funds and commodity pool operators, whether in the context of separately managed accounts or helping clients with fund formations for hedge funds, commodity pools, digital asset funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and private credit funds. Gavin and associate Nick Curley practice alongside Fund Formation and Private Investment Funds partners at Rimôn such as Geoffrey Perusse, Nicole Kuchera and Sean Byrne.

He collaborates with Rimôn colleagues when client projects involve secured lending, asset recovery, employment, tax, real estate, bank regulatory, intellectual property and other transactional and regulatory matters.

Gavin has roots in the bitcoin community and investment management ecosystem in Texas but he works with clients from all over North America and globally. Gavin speaks at events like the North American Blockchain Summit, serves as a steering committee member for the DFW Compliance Roundtable, and contributes to public policy and regulatory discussions through the Texas Blockchain Council and the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. In July 2025, Gavin spoke about stablecoins and bitcoin at an event for community banks at The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City branch in Denver, Colorado. Gavin is happy that Texas adopted laws to create a strategic bitcoin reserve in its most recent legislative session.

Gavin’s practice involves assisting these types of clients:

•     Fund Managers: Managers launching and operating hedge, venture, credit and other private investment funds.
•     CPOs/CTAs: Commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors launching funds or managed accounts that trade futures, swaps, retail forex and other commodity interests.
•     RIAs/ERAs: SEC-registered and state-registered investment advisers, exempt reporting advisers seeking counsel on transactions, disclosures and regulatory compliance practices and procedures.
•     Bitcoin-Native Companies: Custodial solution providers, infrastructure builders and bitcoin miners.
•     Traditional Businesses: Banks, institutional asset managers and family offices seeking treasury diversification or incorporating bitcoin custody or trading solutions into their current businesses.
•     Regulatory Planning for Services: Banks and other businesses planning to provide services for bitcoin and stablecoins.
•     Private Lenders: Entities lending against digital collateral or purchasing loans backed by bitcoin.
•     Non-Profits and Policy Advocates: Non-profit trade associations and foundations requiring counsel on transaction planning and regulatory matters.