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Former S.E.C. Official to Join K.K.R. as Compliance Chief – NYTimes.com
Bruce Karpati, a former Securities and Exchange Commission official, is joining the giant private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company as its chief compliance officer, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday. Former S.E.C. Official to Join K.K.R. as Compliance Chief — NYTimes.com.
Christian Bartholomew Joins Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C.
Christian Bartholomew joins Jenner & Block from Weil.
Laurence Urgenson Joins Mayer Brown in Washington, D.C.
Laurence Urgenson joins Mayer Brown from Kirkland & Ellis.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller III Joins WilmerHale in Washington, D.C.
Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III joins WilmerHale in Washington, D.C.
Carmen Lawrence Joins King & Spalding in New York
SEC enforcement lawyer Carmen Lawrence joins King & Spalding.
SAC Compliance Head Quits After Insider Cases Hit Firm – Bloomberg
SAC Capital Advisors LP, the hedge-fund manager that U.S. prosecutors have called a “veritable magnet for market cheaters,” said Chief Compliance Officer Steve Kessler is stepping down at the end of the month after nine years at the firm. via SAC Compliance Head Quits After Insider Cases Hit Firm – Bloomberg.
SEC’s Canellos Re-Joining Milbank, Tweed as Global Head of Litigation – Compliance Week
On January 3, 2014, the SEC announced that George S. Canellos, co-director of its Enforcement Division, would be leaving the agency that month but that he had “not yet made future career plans.” Today, Canellos’ post-government plans were revealed, as law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that Canellos will be joining the firm in mid-March as Global Head [...]
DOJ Prosecutor Patrick Stokes Selected to Head FCPA Unit – Compliance Week
Patrick Stokes, previously the co-head of the Securities and Financial Fraud unit of the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section, has been named as the new Chief of the DOJ’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit. Stokes succeeds Chuck Duross, who left the DOJ on January 24 and will be joining the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Morrison [...]
Kevin Harnisch Joins Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C.
Kevin Harnisch has joined law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. The firm announced yesterday that Harnisch will join its Securities Litigation & Enforcement practice. Harnisch joins Steptoe from law firm Fried Frank. Previously, Harnisch served as a branch chief in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. via [...]