Enforcement Priorities: The Latest Developments & Trends

Jaime Raich is the Executive Counsel at GE.

Eduardo is a corporate counsel at Prudential Financial. He provides oversight and advice concerning significant regulatory matters for all lines of business and corporate center functions on state, federal and international issues. Prior to joining Prudential, Eduardo served as a Senior Counsel with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement in New York, where he was a member of the Asset Management Unit. Eduardo began his law career as a commercial litigator at a leading Puerto Rico law firm. In that capacity, he represented local, national, and multinational corporate clients during all stages of litigation, administrative proceedings, and arbitration matters.

Eduardo holds an LLM in International Business and Trade Law from Fordham University School of Law and earned his law degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management.

Kelly Gibson is the co-leader of the firm’s securities enforcement practice. She previously held numerous national and regional leadership roles at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including serving as the acting deputy director of the Division of Enforcement, as leader of the Enforcement Division’s nationwide Climate and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Task Force, and as director of the SEC’s Philadelphia Regional Office. Kelly advises and defends public companies, financial services clients, and their executives in SEC, self-regulatory organization (SRO), and state enforcement matters, and in internal investigations.

Leveraging her government and private practice experience, Kelly works in collaboration with the firm’s corporate and business transactions, investment management, white collar defense, and labor and employment practices to advise clients on regulatory and litigation matters. She also uses her broad ESG enforcement and policy experience to counsel public companies and registrants as they develop proactive ESG strategies, create investment products, consider disclosure requirements, and identify investment opportunities.