C. Wallace DeWitt is a senior counsel in Allen & Overy’s Financial Services Regulatory practice. His practice focuses on advising domestic and foreign financial institutions as to a variety of regulatory and transactional matters at the intersection of U.S. securities and banking law. He regularly represents clients before U.S. federal and state financial regulatory authorities.
Before rejoining Allen & Overy in 2019, he served as Senior Advisor and Counsel to Acting Chairman and Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, advising the Commissioner on matters pertaining to the Division of Corporation Finance, the Office of the Chief Accountant, the Office of International Affairs, and the Division of Enforcement. He was also designated as the SEC’s observer of the FINRA FinTech Industry Committee.
From 2014 to 2017, he was a senior associate in Allen & Overy’s U.S. Bank Regulatory Group, immediately prior to which he served as the Executive Director of Research for the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a non-profit research organization dedicated to enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets and the stability of the U.S. financial system, under the direction of Professor Hal S. Scott. Previously, he served for four years as an associate in the Tokyo and Hong Kong offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, advising issuers and underwriters on debt and equity capital markets transactions. Upon graduation from Harvard Law School, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
He is a member of the Exchequer Club as well as the Financial Services & Corporate Governance Committee of the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project. He is proficient in eight languages at various degrees of fluency.
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Deep Dive Episode 159 – Countering the Politicization of Financial Services: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
Online EventView from the Ground Level - Practical Issues re: PPP Implementation: A Conversation with Banking Attorneys Around the Country
Financial Services & E-Commerce Teleforum
TeleforumDeep Dive Episode 69 – SOX Auditor Attestation Requirements
Regulatory Transparency Project Teleforum
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Deep Dive Episode 69 – SOX Auditor Attestation Requirements
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