Marc Berger Laguna Beach

Client Services Our Team Your Career About Us Contact List (0) Offices Search  Marc P. Berger Partner  425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017  E  mail: [email protected] Phone: +1-212-455-2197 Fax: +1-212-455-2502 Add to Contact List Download vCard Home > Our Team > Marc P. Berger PRACTICE FOCUS Litigation Government and Internal Investigations OVERVIEW BIOGRAPHY Funds Regulatory and Investigations Securities Litigation International Regulatory and Compliance Financial Institutions Marc P. Berger is Global Co-Head of the Firm’s Government and Privacy and Cybersecurity Complex Commercial Litigation Internal Investigations Practice. Marc was formerly the Acting Corporate Governance Whistleblower and False Claims Act Director and Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement Private Equity Lifecycle and Director of the SEC’s New York Regional Office, and prior to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability that the Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force Crisis Management in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He represents companies, boards and executives, and INDUSTRIES cryptocurrency market participants in government and internal Healthcare Technology Financial Services FinTech investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and high-profile disputes. Marc also advises clients on a range of enforcement and COLLEAGUES compliance matters, including related to cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Jeffrey H. Knox Partner As Acting Director and Deputy Director of Enforcement at the SEC, Marc oversaw thousands of investigations and hundreds of Stephen M. Cutler litigations addressing a broad range of securities matters, including Of Counsel issuer disclosure and accounting violations, foreign bribery, investment advisory issues, securities offerings, market OFFICES manipulation, insider trading, broker-dealer misconduct, cyber New York threats, initial coin offerings, digital assets and COVID-related fraud. He first joined the SEC as Director of the New York Regional Office, where in addition to supervising all New York enforcement matters, Marc oversaw all of the New York office’s compliance examinations of investment banks, investment advisers, broker- dealers, mutual funds and hedge funds. As a federal prosecutor, Marc tried 13 cases in district court and as Chief of the SDNY’s Securities Unit he supervised some of the nation’s most significant financial and investment fraud matters, including those related to corporate and accounting fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, and violations of the FCPA. Marc’s SEC and DOJ work involved extensive coordination of cross-border and multi-agency investigations. In between Marc’s tenures at the SEC and DOJ, Marc was a litigation partner at another international law firm where he

represented global financial institutions, public companies, About Us Contact List (0) investment firms and individuals in numerous high-profile matters. Offices Search Client Services Our Team Your Career Read Full Biography... Work Highlights Major institutions in SEC investigations concerning the issuance and trading of digital assets Major financial institution in SEC investigation relating to business record retention Executive at a major financial institution in DOJ and SEC block trading investigations Leading hedge fund in DOJ and SEC insider trading investigations Private equity company in a SPAC-related SEC investigation See More Education University of Virginia School of Law, 1999 J.D. Cornell University, 1996 B.S. With Distinction Clerkships Hon. Richard M. Berman, United States District Court, Southern District of New York Admissions New York  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Local Language Pages: Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Japanese Portuguese Spanish Contact Us Subscribe Site Map Extranets Disclaimers Privacy LLP Info Directory