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Senate Confirms Peirce, Crenshaw as SEC Commissioners | ThinkAdvisor
The nominations of Hester Peirce and Caroline Crenshaw to serve as commissioners on the Securities and Exchange Commission were approved by the full Senate in a voice vote late Thursday, ending the confirmation process. Peirce, a Republican, was first sworn in on Jan. 11, 2018. Her second term expires on June 5, 2025. Crenshaw, a Democrat, […]
Enforcement Co-Director Steven Peikin to Depart
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Division of Enforcement Co-Director Steven Peikin will leave the agency on Aug. 14, 2020. During his more than three years serving alongside Co-Director Stephanie Avakian, Mr. Peikin worked to better position the agency’s largest division to address emerging threats, increasing its efficiency and effectiveness in investigating and prosecuting […]
Former FBI director Louis J. Freeh joins AlixPartners today | AlixPartners
lixPartners, the global consulting firm, today announced it has acquired Freeh Group International Solutions LLC (FGIS), a leading global risk management firm, expanding its premier global investigations practice. The transaction, effective immediately, sees FGIS team members joining AlixPartners and is complementary to the firm’s investigations, compliance, and cybersecurity capabilities. The acquisition will add a new […]
Top SDNY Securities Fraud and Money Laundering Prosecutor Joins McGuireWoods | McGuireWoods
McGuireWoods is pleased to announce that Jason Cowley, former co-chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and former chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm’s Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department. via Top SDNY […]
Jim Barratt joins AlixPartners in Washington, D.C.
We are pleased to welcome Jim Barratt to AlixPartners’ Investigations, Disputes & Risk group, based in Washington, DC. Jim has led numerous forensic accounting investigations involving financial fraud and anti-bribery and corruption issues, and assists counsel in communicating the findings of those investigations to audit committees, the SEC, and other government agencies. Jim is a […]
High-ranking EDNY prosecutor Gina Parlovecchio joins Mayer Brown as partner in New York | News | Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown has continued the expansion of its regulatory, investigations and enforcement capabilities with the arrival of prominent federal prosecutor Gina Parlovecchio, who joins the firm as a partner in the global White Collar Defense & Compliance and Regulatory & Investigations practice groups in New York. Previously, Ms. Parlovecchio was an Assistant United States Attorney […]
Murphy & McGonigle Law Firm Expands to West Coast with Opening of San Francisco Office
Financial services law firm Murphy & McGonigle, which recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary, announced today that it has opened a new office in San Francisco, CA. Mauricio S. Beugelmans, an accomplished financial services and securities lawyer with both in-house and law firm experience in the Bay Area, will lead the San Francisco office. The Murphy […]
Freshfields Hires Leading Securities and Shareholder Litigation Attorney Mary Eaton in New York | Business | oleantimesherald.com
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (“Freshfields”) announced today that leading litigation attorney Mary Eaton has joined the New York office as a partner to co-head the firm’s Securities and Shareholder Litigation Practice with Meredith Kotler. She joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where she was Chair of the firm’s Business and Corporate Litigation Practice Group. […]
DLA Piper boosts financial services litigation capability with partner hire in Australia | News | DLA Piper Global Law Firm
Global law firm DLA Piper announces that financial services dispute resolution and class actions lawyer Matthew (Matt) Spain has joined the firm, effective today. Matt joins DLA Piper from King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) Financial Services Dispute Resolution group, where he has spent the past 13 years. During his time at KWM, Matt has built […]
John Riley Joins Ankura as Senior Managing Director
Ankura, a global business advisory and expert services firm, today announced the appointment of John Riley as Senior Managing Director. Mr. Riley, who will be based in Washington, D.C., is a veteran of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), having served as the SEC’s Acting Chief Accountant in 1995, and brings over 40 years of collective […]