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Williams & Connolly Chair Dane Butswinkas Is Named Tesla General Counsel | National Law Journal
Dane Butswinkas, the Washington-based trial lawyer and chairman of Williams & Connolly, will become the next general counsel to Tesla Inc, arriving as the company attempts to climb out of a period of intense regulatory scrutiny. Butswinkas, who has practiced at Williams & Connolly for 30 years and was serving as co-chair of the firm’s […]
SEC Co-Chief of Asset Management Unit Anthony Kelly Heads to Dechert in Washington, D.C.
High-ranking government official Anthony S. Kelly, former Co-Chief of the Enforcement Division’s Asset Management Unit at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Dechert LLP. Drawing on his experience leading the nationwide SEC enforcement unit overseeing the asset management industry, he will focus primarily on asset management enforcement and litigation as […]
Aaron Lipson, Associate Regional Director of Atlanta Office, to Leave Agency After 14 Years of Service
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Aaron Lipson, Associate Regional Director for enforcement matters in the Atlanta Regional Office, is leaving the agency this month after 14 years of service. via SEC.gov | Aaron Lipson, Associate Regional Director of Atlanta Office, to Leave Agency After 14 Years of Service.
Baker & Hostetler’s New York Class Action Head Joins Pierce Bainbridge | Law.com
Less than a month after adding a half dozen new partners to its New York operation, Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht, the self-proclaimed “fastest-growing law firm” in Big Law, has added partner Deborah Renner, the New York head of Baker & Hostetler’s class action practice. Renner, who officially joined the litigation shop Monday, focuses her […]
SEC’s Choi Leaving After Playing Key Role in Case Against Musk – Bloomberg
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official whose office played key roles in enforcement actions against Tesla Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes is leaving the agency. via SEC’s Choi Leaving After Playing Key Role in Case Against Musk – Bloomberg.
Bitfury Adds Former SEC Commissioner to Advisory Board – CoinDesk
The Bitfury Group, a blockchain technology company, has recruited two veterans of the traditional financial world to guide its strategy and growth. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Antoine Dresch, co-founder of tech investment fund Korelya Capital (which led an $80 million funding round for Bitfury) and former executive at several major investment banks, will join Bitfury’s board of […]
Crypto Law Veteran Mike Lempres Departs Coinbase for Andreessen Horowitz
Coinbase’s former chief legal officer has left the crypto company for venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, an early Coinbase investor. Coinbase’s chief policy officer Mike Lempres will be an executive in residence at the Menlo Park-based venture firm, helping Andreessen Horowitz evaluate crypto investment opportunities and advising portfolio companies on legal and regulatory issues. via Crypto Law Veteran Mike […]
King & Spalding Bets on FINRA Vets Despite Some Enforcement Declines
The new hires include Mirella deRose, Russell Johnston, Richard Margolies and Michael Watling, all of whom were senior counsel within the enforcement department at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s nonprofit self-regulator. Johnston, Margolies and Watling joined King & Spalding directly from FINRA, while deRose joined from Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, where she was […]
Four Partners Join King & Spalding with Regulatory Expertise from FINRA – King & Spalding
King & Spalding today announced that Mirella deRose, Russell Johnston, Richard Margolies and Michael Watling joined as partners in the Government Matters practice and the Securities Enforcement and Regulation team in the New York office. All four partners served as senior attorneys with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement. Johnston, Margolies and […]
SEC Asset Management Unit Co-Chief Lands at Dechert | The American Lawyer
The former co-chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s asset management unit is moving to private practice for the first time in his career, joining Dechert in Washington, D.C., after 18 years with the regulator. Anthony Kelly joined the SEC as a securities compliance examiner in 2000 and stayed with the agency on completing […]