Kiran V. Somashekara

Kiran represents financial services clients throughout the country in complex regulatory investigations and enforcement actions initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and state securities regulators, and in securities litigation and arbitration. Kiran has served as lead counsel on dozens of internal investigations and counsels firms and individuals on compliance with industry rules, supervision, best practices, enhancements to policies and procedures and regulatory reporting obligations.

Kiran’s experience includes serving as counsel for broker-dealers, banks and registered representatives in the areas of regulatory investigations and enforcement, customer arbitrations, internal investigations, employment counseling and litigation and expungement actions. His general commercial litigation practice involves representation of business entities in various commercial disputes in federal and state courts.

Kiran served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen Skillman, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Good to know

Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation and 2) Securities Litigation
Law School The George Washington University Law School (J.D.,2003)
Education Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ( B.A.,2003)
Bar Member / Association New Jersey State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association
Most recent firm McGuireWoods LLP
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-somashekara-5a98a426
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