Nader Salehi is a partner in the Securities Area where he conducts a general securities regulatory and enforcement defense practice. He regularly represents broker-dealers, investment advisers and other financial institutions in connection with investigations by the SEC, FINRA and other SROs and federal and state regulators. His practice also includes internal investigations and reviews, regulatory counseling and acting as an independent compliance consultant.
Prior to joining Bingham, Nader spent six years as a member of the securities practice group at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. He also spent two years as a Staff Attorney at the SEC’s Division of Enforcement where he worked on several significant and high-profile matters.
- Represented a bank and broker-dealer in FINRA investigations relating to the sale of structured products
- Represented a broker-dealer in the SEC and New York Attorney General’s investigations of Auction Rate Securities
- Represented a broker-dealer in joint investigations by the SEC and the Department of Justice regarding bid-rigging in the municipal bond market
- Represented a stock exchange and its senior officers in the SEC’s trading-ahead investigations
- Conducted an internal investigation for a broker-dealer looking at potential market manipulation, and represented the firm in the ensuing regulatory inquiries
- Represented a CEO of a public issuer in an SEC accounting fraud case
- Served as independent compliance consultant in connection with the settlement of an SEC enforcement action
- “An Analysis of the SEC’s New Cooperation Policies,” New York Law Journal (April 2010)
- “Robert Khuzami Speaks: On His First 100 Days as Division Director, and the Future of the Enforcement Division,” Journal of Investment Compliance (September 2009)
- “Commission Alleges Violation of SOX 304,” Securities Docket (August 2009)
- “§304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: New Tool for Disgorgement,” New York Law Journal (May 2008)
- “What to Expect from SEC Exams,” Securities Law 360 (January 2008)
- “SEC Staff Considers Use of 'Big Boy' Letters,” Bingham Alert (January 2008)
- Reviewing Enforcement Actions of the SEC, States and SROs Concerning Broker/Dealers and Investment Banks, The 4th IQPC Securities Litigation Conference (May 2008)
- Best Practices and Approaches to Internal Investigations, The 3rd IQPC Securities Litigation Conference (November 2007)
- Chinese Walls and Managing Information Flow, Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage Seminar (March 2006)
- SEC Enforcement in the Hedge Fund World, Boston Hedge Fund Symposium (November 2005)
- Corporate Governance in America, American University (December 2003)
- Responding to Regulatory Inquiries, District of Columbia Bar Association (October 1999)
- American Bar Association
- Association of SEC Alumni
- SEC Historical Society
- Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York
- University of Richmond School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1995
- University of Richmond, Master of Business Administration, 1995
- University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts, 1992