Milbank Litigation and White Collar partner George Canellos will speak on a panel titled “The Current Enforcement Climate: Perspective from the SEC, the Industry and the Bar” at the C&L Society Regional Seminar hosted by the Security Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) on October 22, 2019 in New York City.
The C&L Society New York Regional Seminar gathers compliance and legal professionals working in the financial services industry to exchange ideas, strategies and guidance on ways to gain a competitive advantage in the increasingly complex and changing regulatory and compliance arenas.
Mr. Canellos represents financial institutions, public companies, asset management firms, and individuals in government investigations and contested litigation in federal and state courts and advises clients on corporate governance and compliance with the securities and banking laws. He has received national recognition and many awards for his achievements in litigation and capital markets enforcement. Praised by Chambers USA as “a tremendously talented lawyer” and “very cogent thinker” who is able to “handle difficult situations in a very calming matter,” Mr. Canellos has more than two decades of experience prosecuting and defending white collar criminal cases and civil actions arising under the securities laws, having served twice in federal law enforcement — most recently in top positions at the US Securities and Exchange Commission and earlier in his career as a federal criminal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
