Stephanie Avakian

Stephanie Avakian is a partner at WilmerHale and chair of the firm’s Securities and Financial Services Department. As the former Director of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, Ms. Avakian is well positioned to help clients address the enforcement, governance and compliance issues presented by today’s markets. With decades of experience in government and private practice, she leads the firm’s Securities and Financial Services Department in counseling and defending public companies, investment banks, asset management firms, accounting firms, boards of directors and individual executives through the challenges of government investigations.