Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld announced that Lance Jasper has joined the firm as a white collar defense and government investigations partner, resident in Akin's Los Angeles office. As senior counsel in the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for more than a decade, Jasper conducted high-profile investigations and litigation involving public companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers and securities professionals. Jasper also advised senior SEC officials on complex securities matters, including violations and remedies in the asset management space. Prior to serving in the SEC, Jasper practiced in the litigation department at Munger Tolles & Olson. Prior to that, he had federal clerkships in the Southern District of New York and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.