C. WALLACE DEWITT counsels foreign and domestic financial institutions as to a variety of securities regulatory and public policy matters, with a particular focus on the private wealth industry and the cross-border marketing of investment services and financial products. He represents clients before U.S. federal and state financial regulatory authorities, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He regularly conducts and oversees multijurisdictional surveys of regulations applicable to the cross-border solicitation and provision of securities, banking, and derivatives products and services.
He previously was counsel in the financial services regulatory group at a global law firm, where he focused on securities regulation and capital markets. He handled a variety of matters, including surveys of solicitation and provision of cross-border private wealth services by multiple U.S. and foreign financial institutions in dozens of global jurisdictions.
He formerly served as Senior Counsel to SEC Acting Chairman and Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar and as law clerk to the Hon. Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He speaks and reads eight languages at various levels of fluency.