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Anthony Kelly
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Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Anthony S. Kelly focuses his practice on trial, investigations and securities litigation, with an emphasis on matters concerning the asset management industry. As a former co-chief of the Enforcement Division’s Asset Management Unit at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Kelly has a thorough background in supervising investigations of misconduct by investment advisers and service providers to mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, private equity funds and other investment products. In recognition of his SEC service, he was awarded the Chairman’s Award for Excellence and the Ellen B. Ross Award, which acknowledge his exemplary commitment and performance in enforcing the federal securities laws.
During his time at the SEC, Mr. Kelly oversaw investigations and enforcement actions covering a wide range of asset management-related issues, including fund valuation, fund distribution and 12b-1 fees, conflicts of interest, fund governance, trading away and best execution, trade allocation, cross trading and principal transactions, investment adviser and broker-dealer registration, and whistleblower retaliation.
He also has extensive experience in parallel criminal and SEC investigations and insider trading investigations. He investigated a large-scale insider trading ring involving hedge fund traders and other industry professionals, as well as a serial insider trading scheme involving an investment banker and private equity firm associate.
Mr. Kelly has spoken at numerous industry and regulatory conferences, hosted by organizations such as the Investment Adviser Association, Investment Company Institute, Managed Funds Association, Mutual Fund Directors Forum, PLI, NYU Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, and American Bar Association.