Faced with significant regulatory and compliance issues as well as heightened oversight, the securities industry requires a deep bench of experienced counsel. Wilson Elser attorneys own an impressive track record defending financial industry professionals in complex litigation brought under federal and state securities laws. Our clients comprise broker-dealers, RIAs, mutual funds, private equity firms and hedge funds. 

Many of our attorneys earned their credentials as in-house counsel for a range of institutions, as high-level litigators or as insiders at the major regulatory bodies at the federal level.

Drawing on collective decades of related experience, we also assist several of our clients with:

  • Commercial financing
  • Banking law
  • Commercial litigation
  • Creditors' rights
  • Bankruptcy practice/creditors’ rights and related litigation
  • Chapter 11 reorganizations
  • Chapter 7 liquidations.