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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInSEC Regional Trial Counsel Amy Jane Longo Joins Ropes & Gray’s Litigation & Enforcement Team as Partner in Los Angeles | Ropes & Gray LLP
Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced today that Amy Jane Longo has joined the firm’s 400-lawyer litigation & enforcement practice as a partner. Amy will be based in Ropes & Gray’s new Los Angeles office. Source: SEC Regional Trial Counsel Amy Jane Longo Joins Ropes & Gray’s Litigation & Enforcement Team as Partner in […]
AlixPartners welcomes back Matt Jacques | AlixPartners
AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, today announced the return of Matt Jacques as a Managing Director in the firm’s Investigations, Disputes & Risk Practice. Matt brings more than two decades of experience as an auditor, forensic accountant, and regulator. Matt served as the Chief Accountant of the Enforcement Division for the United States Securities and […]
FinCEN Chief Digital Currency Adviser Korver Departs for A16z as Head of Regulatory
Michele Korver, a government and law-enforcement veteran who was most recently the chief digital currency adviser at the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), is joining Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as its head of regulatory. Source: FinCEN Chief Digital Currency Adviser Korver Departs for A16z as Head of Regulatory
Crypto Aims to Boost Influence With Washington Hires – WSJ
Those working for or advising cryptocurrency firms or investment funds include three former chairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission, three former chairs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, three former U.S. senators, and at least one former White House chief of staff, former Treasury secretary and former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. […]
SEC Senior Counsel Rebecca Fike Rejoins Vinson & Elkins as Partner | Vinson & Elkins LLP
Vinson & Elkins today announced that Rebecca Fike, an experienced financial fraud and accounting enforcement lawyer who spent nearly 10 years as an attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Fort Worth Regional Office, has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Dallas office. Source: SEC Senior Counsel […]
Experienced former DOJ prosecutor Matthew Jacobs and investigations lawyer Jessica Heim join DLA Piper’s Litigation practice in Northern California | DLA Piper
DLA Piper announced today that former federal prosecutor Matthew Jacobs and Jessica Heim have joined the firm’s Litigation practice as partners in Northern California, based in the San Francisco office. Jacobs will also serve as head of the firm’s Northern California Litigation practice. Source: Experienced former DOJ prosecutor Matthew Jacobs and investigations lawyer Jessica Heim […]
Kelly L. Gibson, Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, to Leave the SEC; Scott Thompson and Joy Thompson named Office Acting Co-Heads
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Kelly L. Gibson, Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, will leave the agency on Feb. 11 after 14 years of service. Joy Thompson and Scott Thompson will replace her as Acting Co-Directors. Source: SEC.gov | Kelly L. Gibson, Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, to Leave the […]
Stradley Ronon Securities Practice Gains High-Ranking SEC Litigator | The Legal Intelligencer
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has recruited another high-ranking attorney from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to counsel financial services clients in securities litigation. Jan M. Folena, former supervisory assistant chief litigation counsel in the SEC’s enforcement division, joined Stradley Ronon after more than 20 years of litigating in federal court as a government attorney. Based […]
Debevoise to Add SEC Veteran Kristin Snyder as White Collar Partner in San Francisco
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Kristin Snyder will join the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group on March 14. Ms. Snyder, who most recently served as Deputy Director of the Division of Examinations at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), will focus on […]
Baker McKenzie Adds Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. as a Partner in New York | Baker McKenzie
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has added former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. as a Partner in New York. *** Cy will serve as Global Chair of Baker McKenzie’s Cybersecurity Practice. He will also be a member of the Firm’s North America Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice as well as the Firm’s Global […]