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Paul
V.
Gerlach
Partner
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PAUL V. GERLACH is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Sidley and chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation and SEC Enforcement Practice. His practice is focused in the areas of defense of SEC enforcement actions, securities law counseling, and litigation. He has represented clients in numerous SEC and related criminal investigations, involving issuer financial statement, disclosure and reporting irregularities; insider trading; sales of unregistered securities; mutual fund and investment advisor disclosure and trading issues; broker-dealer misconduct; and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Mr. Gerlach has also conducted internal investigations of these and similar issues at the request of senior company management and/or boards of directors. Clients have included corporate issuers, accounting firms, broker-dealers, investment advisors, hedge funds, corporate officers, directors and employees and have spanned the full array of industries, including insurance, telecommunications, energy, technology, defense, transportation, consumer products, media and branded food and beverages.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Gerlach served twelve years in the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, the last five as Associate Director. As Associate Director, Mr. Gerlach was responsible for directing a broad range of the SEC’s domestic and international enforcement activities, including investigations involving issuer accounting fraud, insider trading, FCPA illicit payments, investment companies and investment advisers, market manipulation, and broker-dealer misconduct. Mr. Gerlach received numerous awards during his tenure at the Commission, including the Presidential Distinguished Executive Award in 1999, the Stanley Sporkin Award in 1998, and the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in 1996.
In 2006, Mr. Gerlach was selected to the BTI Client Service All Star Team for Law Firms.
