Eden L Rohrer has joined the New York office of K&L Gates as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice.
She joins K&L Gates from Crowell & Moring.
Rohrer (pictured) concentrates her practice on broker-dealer regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters, including Self Regulatory Organisation (SRO) membership, employment, research, soft dollar arrangements, chaperoning of foreign broker-dealers, social media, anti-money laundering rules, securities offerings, and market making and trading issues.
She assists clients with responses to examinations and inquiries in a range of enforcement proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), FINRA, NYSE, and state and foreign regulatory authorities on issues including market manipulation, insider trading, distribution of unregistered securities, net capital requirements, direct market access, Rule 15c2-11, Regulation M, cross-border trading, electronic intrusion and customer impersonation, sales practices, supervision, credit default swaps, futures, options, fixed income, indexes, placements in both privately held and publicly traded securities (PIPEs), and other securities products.
“Eden’s broad and substantial practice advising broker-dealers complements the firm’s strong investment management practice,” says John A Bicks, administrative partner of K&L Gates’ New York office. “We are delighted to welcome her to the firm and to the New York office.”
Rohrer also has extensive experience with arbitrations and state and federal litigation on a range of securities and corporate issues, including fraud allegations, forgery, misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duty, unauthorised trading, breach of contract, and omissions and violations of securities laws.
