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Keith Stafford, CPA

Partner, Cohen & Co Advisory, LLC
Partner, Cohen & Company, Ltd.

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Baltimore, MD
kstafford@cohenco.com
410.527.3946
  • Alternative Investment Funds
  • Assurance Services
  • Digital Assets
  • Investment Companies
  • Investment Company Audits
  • Private Equity
  • Registered Investment Advisers

Keith aims to provide an amazing user experience. From getting to know clients personally to providing top-notch expertise, Keith goes out of his way to provide an overall experience that clients won’t soon forget.

Beginning his public accounting career in 1997, Keith manages and supervises consulting, accounting, auditing and other attest services for various entities in the alternative investment space. Specifically, he works with hedge funds of all strategies, including digital assets and private equity, fund-of-funds, commodity pools, registered investment advisers and commodity trading advisers. Keith is heavily involved with the firm’s business development efforts in the private fund industry and is also one of the firm’s technical leaders in the area. He assists in developing new audit processes and initiatives, and he helps monitor and implement new accounting, auditing, and regulatory rules and regulations.

  • Actively involved in technical and business development for the firm’s Assurance Practice; instrumental in the formation and development of the firm’s operations in the Cayman Islands
  • Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund Association
  • Frequent author for hedge fund industry publications and speaker at conferences and seminars focused on hedge fund accounting, auditing, financial reporting and administration
  • Maryland Association of CPAs
  • American Institute of CPAs
  • SmartCPA Award (2011)
  • Former Co-Treasurer for the Foundation of Managed Derivatives Research

Keith, his wife and their three sons live in northern Baltimore County. His three sons are now in their early 20s, so Keith is experiencing almost full “empty nest” status. Keith enjoys spending time with his new puppy, Coco, searching out great restaurants and spending time with his wife.

Credentials & Education

  • Certified Public Accountant (Maryland and Virginia)
  • B.S., with honors, Bridgewater College

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September 1, 2023

The SEC’s New Rules — and Their Impact — for Private Fund Advisers 

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