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SEC Enforcement Has New Chief for Complex Financial Instruments Unit

December 7, 2017

The SEC announced that Daniel Michael has been named chief of the Enforcement Division’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit. Mr. Michael, who’s been with the Commission since 2010, will lead a specialized unit of attorneys and industry experts, based across the country, who investigate potential misconduct related to complex financial products and practices involving sophisticated market participants.

 

DAVID MICHAEL PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS.    Mr. Michael joined the SEC in 2010, and has served as an assistant director based in the New York Regional Office since 2014.  He has played a key role in a number of significant enforcement actions, including charges against Merrill Lynch for violating the SEC’s Customer Protection Rule.

 

Before joining the SEC, Mr. Michael worked in private practice in New York City and was a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Richard Berman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  He received his JD from Harvard Law, and his BA magna cum laude from New York University.