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 Watling joined King & Spalding directly from FINRA, while deRose joined from private practice. Following the return of former FINRA senior vice president and deputy chief of Enforcement Russ Ryan in September, their arrival brings the number of former senior FINRA Enforcement officials at the firm to five.
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