S&C’s Securities Enforcement and Litigation Update provides a detailed analysis of recent developments in both SEC enforcement and private securities litigation, including:
- How in 2024 the SEC intensified its enforcement focus on digital assets, SPAC regulation, recordkeeping and ESG matters and how that is changing under the new administration,
- The uptick in private securities litigation activity in the last year, and
- How the examination and enforcement priorities outlined by the SEC for fiscal year 2025 have changed since President Trump took office and are expected to evolve further.
S&C’s Securities Litigation Group has long been recognized as a premier practice, earning a Band 1 rating by Chambers USA Nationwide for more than a decade and regional practice recognitions in New York, Washington, D.C. and California.
S&C’s Securities & Commodities Investigations Practice lawyers have a deep understanding of markets and complex trading and financial products. The Group regularly represents clients in investigations and enforcement actions by the SEC, the CFTC, FINRA, the National Futures Association, and other federal, state, and non-U.S. regulators and self-regulatory organizations.
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Authors:
Steve Peikin
Steven Peikin leads Sullivan & Cromwell’s Securities & Commodities Investigations Practice and is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Peikin brings decades of experience at the most senior levels of government and in private practice to his representation of clients in a wide range of regulatory enforcement investigations, white-collar criminal matters and internal investigations. He has particular expertise in matters involving the federal securities and commodities laws.
Jeff Scott
A versatile and accomplished litigator, Jeff Scott, Co-Head of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice, has secured significant successes for clients in a wide range of areas, including securities, antitrust and commercial civil litigation and regulatory and criminal investigations, as well as in other bet-the-company actions during the past twenty-five years.
Julia Malkina
Julia Malkina is Co-Head of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice. She represents prominent corporations, financial institutions and individuals in their most complex and high-stakes matters. Her practice comprises trial court litigation, appellate court litigation and regulatory proceedings in a number of areas, including securities, commodities, commercial and criminal law.
Christopher Viapiano
Christopher Viapiano is Co-Head of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice. He represents financial institutions and other leading companies in securities and shareholder derivative litigation, criminal and regulatory enforcement matters and corporate internal investigations. He has represented clients under investigation by the DOJ, the SEC, the CFTC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and state attorneys general.