Practical Application and Critical Analysis

How Will It Work?
Will It Work?

The SEC has hailed its new cooperation guidelines for individuals as a major strategic step forward for the Division of Enforcement. Our panel of former senior SEC Enforcement officials and federal prosecutors will discuss the new guidelines, how they are expected to operate in practice and their potential impact on future investigations. This discussion helps defense practitioners and in-house counsel understand how the securities enforcement landscape is changing and the impact those changes are having in managing ongoing compliance risks.

Our Speakers:

Joel Cohen
Joel M. Cohen is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense and Investigations, Securities Litigation, and Antitrust Practice Groups. Mr. Cohen served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, supervising the Business/Securities Fraud Unit, as the first Department of Justice representative to the French Ministry of Justice and as a fellow to OECD in connection with the landmark 1998 anti-corruption convention.

George Curtis
George B. Curtis joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in 1976 and is a partner in the Denver office. He is a member of the firm's litigation department and specializes in complex securities, corporate and accountancy matters. Most recently, Mr. Curtis served as Deputy Director of Enforcement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He joined the Commission's staff in 2006 as Regional Director of the SEC's Denver regional office where he was responsible for the staff's enforcement and examination work over a seven state region. In 2008, he was named Deputy Director of the Division of Enforcement and continued in that role until becoming Special Advisor to the Director in September, 2009. As Deputy Director of Enforcement, Mr. Curtis worked closely with the staff nationwide in responding to the financial crisis and in developing and supervising the staff's investigations and recommendations to the Commission.

Mark Schonfeld
Mark K. Schonfeld is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm's litigation department and Co-Chair of the firm's Securities Enforcement Practice Group. He is also a member of the Crisis Management Group and White Collar Defense and Investigations Group. Mr. Schonfeld joined the firm in Fall 2008, following a 12-year career with the SEC. For the last four years, he served as Director of the 400-person New York Regional Office, the largest of the SEC's regional offices. As head of the New York office, Mr. Schonfeld led some of the Commission's most important actions, including an industry-wide investigation of fraudulent accounting by insurance and reinsurance companies and a nationwide investigation of mutual fund trading practices. Investigations overseen by Mr. Schonfeld resulted in many of the Commission's landmark cases and led to recovery for investors of over $3 billion.

Debra Wong Yang
Debra Wong Yang is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is Co-Chair of the firm's Crisis Management Practice Group and the White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group and is a member of the Media and Entertainment and Intellectual Property Practice Groups. Ms. Yang previously served as the United States Attorney for the Central District of California. She was appointed in May 2002 by President George W. Bush, who made her the first Asian-American woman to serve as a United States Attorney.

About Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is a global law firm with approximately 1,000 lawyers in 16 offices across the United States, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Gibson Dunn clients include some of the world's largest multinational corporations in all major industries, leading government entities, commercial and investment banks, start-up ventures, emerging growth businesses, partnerships and individuals. Additional information about Gibson Dunn can be found at www.gibsondunn.com.

MCLE Credit Information:

This program has been approved for credit in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 1.5  credit hours, of which 1.5 credit hours may be applied toward the areas of professional practice requirement. This course is NOT approved for transitional credit.

California attorneys may claim "self-study" credit for viewing the archived version of this webcast.  No certificate of attendance is required for "self-study" credit.