Band 3
Provided by Sarah Mallett
Sarah focuses her practice on advising and representing public companies, private equity firms, asset managers, financial institutions, and other entities and individuals facing government, regulatory, or internal investigations, examinations and enforcement proceedings. Sarah brings clients a current and insider’s view on how to best navigate SEC investigations, examinations and rulemaking.
During her more than seven years at the SEC, Sarah supervised or served as the primary attorney on countless investigations, including multiple complex and high-profile enforcement actions, national priority investigations, sweep investigations and parallel investigations with the Department of Justice, FINRA, and other federal or state regulatory and law enforcement authorities. She also served on multiple of the Division’s national working groups and contributed to the drafting of the SEC’s SPAC rulemaking. The SEC has recognized Sarah with numerous awards for her work.
Sarah’s understanding of the SEC’s processes and priorities and her broad experience with federal securities laws make her uniquely positioned to offer key insights to prevent or minimize clients’ regulatory exposure and to work productively with SEC staff to protect her clients’ interests.
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., cum laude
University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, B.B.A., Finance
Provided by Chambers
Sarah Mallett of Kirkland & Ellis utilizes her previous experience as Assistant Director at the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division to represent public companies and individuals facing government or internal investigations.
Provided by Chambers
She is great for SEC work.
Sarah is an expert in her field and a highly trusted adviser.
She has great subject matter expertise and a great gut judgment.
She is great for SEC work.
Sarah is an expert in her field and a highly trusted adviser.
She has great subject matter expertise and a great gut judgment.