Anita Bandy

Anita Bandy leads Skadden’s Securities Enforcement and Regulation Practice, having previously spent nearly two decades in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she served in senior leadership roles. Ms. Bandy advises some of the world’s largest public and private companies and their boards and senior executives — including asset managers, other financial services firms and accounting firms — on their most significant matters involving the SEC, other financial regulators and the U.S. Department of Justice. She secures highly successful outcomes for clients in investigations through her deep understanding of the SEC’s legal, policy and procedural frameworks, including by persuading the SEC to not bring charges or by securing resolutions on favorable terms. Ms. Bandy is recognized as a leading authority on SEC investigations focused on public company financial reporting, accounting, disclosure and internal controls, insider trading, auditing standards and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She conducts internal investigations for boards and companies across a variety of industries, and counsels on compliance and risk management strategies and disclosure obligations in connection with corporate transactions. Prior to joining Skadden, Ms. Bandy served for 17 years with the SEC’s Enforcement Division, where she supervised, investigated and brought actions that covered the entire breadth of the SEC’s enforcement authority.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2004-22); J.D., American University, 1999; B.A. University of Michigan, 1996