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Louis is Co-Chair of the SEC Enforcement & Litigation team for the Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation Department. For more than 20 years, Louis has represented financial services firms, corporations, their boards, officers, directors and employees in investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the United States Department of Justice, and state regulatory agencies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission continues to propose rules at a rapid pace. Three of the most recent proposed rules would significantly impact investment advisers by:

  1. Requiring documentation of registered investment adviser compliance reviews;
  2. Establishing cybersecurity risk management and reporting requirements for investment advisers, investment companies and business development companies;
  3. Updating and accelerating beneficial ownership

On Feb. 3, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Risk Alert summarizing observations gleaned from a cybersecurity examination sweep of 57 registered broker-dealers (BDs) and 49 registered investment advisers (IAs). The examination sweep followed an April 2014 announcement that the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) 2014 Examination Priorities included