Welcome to Securities Enforcement Forum 2022!
Securities Enforcement Forum is the preeminent securities enforcement conference in the world. It is a unique, one-day conference that brings together current and former senior SEC officials, securities enforcement and white-collar attorneys, in-house counsel and compliance executives, and other top professionals in the field. Held annually in Washington, D.C. since 2012, this year’s conference will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at the extraordinary Mayflower Hotel, and will also be available for attendees to view live online.
Securities Enforcement Forum 2022 will showcase a must-see Keynote Address by SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal. The event will include a full day of panels on the most pressing and critical topics in securities enforcement, including cryptocurrency, whistleblowers, financial and accounting fraud, advanced litigation and investigation strategies, financial firms, insider trading, SPACs, ESG, and much more.
The conference will feature an unparalleled faculty, including many current senior SEC enforcement officials and over three dozen other luminaries in the securities enforcement field.
7.0 hours of CLE credit has been approved in Delaware and numerous reciprocal states.
AGENDA
| Session Title | Date and Times | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome Remarks | November 15, 2022 8:00am - 8:05am ET | Bruce Carton, Editor, Cybersecurity Docket |
| Whistleblower Update – The Impact on Corporations and SEC Enforcement | November 15, 2022 8:10am - 9:00am ET | Nader Salehi, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis Bridget Moore, Partner, Baker Botts Alec Koch, Partner, King & Spalding Jane Norberg, Partner, Arnold & Porter N. Creola Kelly, Chief, Office of the Whistleblower, SEC |
| Masterclass: Managing a True Corporate Crisis/Major Internal Investigation | November 15, 2022 9:05am - 9:50am ET | Philip Khinda, Partner, Cadwalader William Baker, Partner, Latham & Watkins Steven Peikin, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell Caz Hashemi, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati D. Mark Cave, Associate Director, SEC |
| Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency: Regulation and Enforcement of Exchanges, Crypto Lending, DeFi, NFTs and Stablecoins | November 15, 2022 10:00am - 10:45am ET | Luke Cadigan, Partner, Cooley LLP Michael Birnbaum, Partner, Morrison & Foerster James Walker, Partner, Perkins Coie David Hirsch, Chief, Crypto Assets & Cyber Unit, SEC Simona Mola, Principal, Cornerstone Research |
| SPACs, ESG, Cybersecurity and More: The SEC’s Active Rulemaking Agenda and its Impact on Issuers and Regulated Entities | November 15, 2022 10:55am - 11:40am ET | Kelly Gibson, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Anita Bandy, Partner, Skadden Carolyn Welshhans, Associate Director, SEC R. Daniel O'Connor, Partner, Ropes & Gray Michael Maloney, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting |
| Masterclass: How to Keep the SEC From Suing Your Client | November 15, 2022 11:50am - 12:35pm ET | William McLucas, Partner, WilmerHale Sandra Hanna, Partner, Miller & Chevalier Stacy Bogert, Associate Director, SEC Bradley Bondi, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel Lara Shalov Mehraban, Partner, Sidley Austin |
| Lunch and Keynote Remarks by SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal | November 15, 2022 12:55pm - 1:20pm ET | Gurbir Grewal, Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Financial Disclosure and Accounting Fraud | November 15, 2022 1:30pm - 2:15pm ET | Melissa Hodgman, Associate Director, SEC Lorin Reisner, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Jonathan Barr, Partner, BakerHostetler Steven Richards, Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group Stephen Cohen, Partner, Sidley Austin |
| Financial Firms in the SEC's Crosshairs – Key Developments for Asset Managers, Broker-Dealers, Private Funds and Hedge Funds | November 15, 2022 2:25pm - 3:10pm ET | Gregory Bruch, Partner, Bruch Law Group George Canellos, Partner, Milbank LLP William White, Partner, Allen & Overy Corey Schuster, Assistant Director and Co-Chief, Asset Management Unit, SEC Adam Aderton, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
| Masterclass: A Winning Playbook for Litigating Against the SEC | November 15, 2022 3:20pm - 4:05pm ET | Matthew Solomon, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Sarah Heaton Concannon, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Terence Healy, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed Claudius Modesti, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Olivia Choe, Chief Litigation Counsel, SEC |
| Insider Trading 360° – Enforcement Trends, Key Cases and Prosecutions (and Crypto!) | November 15, 2022 4:15pm - 5:00pm ET | Gerald Hodgkins, Partner, Covington & Burling Joan McKown, Partner, Jones Day Stephen Crimmins, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine Joseph Sansone, Chief, SEC's Market Abuse Unit Julie Riewe, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton |