Best Lawyers in America for Securities Regulation
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Laura Blockman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law, Litigation - Securities and Securities Regulation. Laura, who practices law in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laura is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Lauren B. Emanuel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Regulation and Venture Capital Law. Lauren B., who practices law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the h...
Meredith Loretta has represented a broad range of companies and organizations, including financial institutions, technology companies, accounting firms, CPG companies, and universities, in complex securities enforcement matters and other high-stakes government and internal investigations. She advises clients on regulatory compliance, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements. She also manages subpoena responses, conducts witness interviews, prepares for regulatory testimony, and draf...
Meghan Dupre Montgomery is an attorney in Fishman Haygood's Business Section. Meghan’s practice primarily focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance and general corporate matters. Meghan frequently represents private equity funds in acquisitions of portfolio companies, add-on acquisitions, other direct equity and debt investments and exits or divestitures from these various investments. In addition to her transactional work, Meghan also advises senior managem...
Jeff is an associate in the Business Transactions Group, where he focuses on corporate transactional work, including middle market M&A and investment management transactions. Jeff’s practice covers a broad range of matters for clients, including corporate formation, corporate governance and drafting shareholder agreements, operating agreements, confidentiality agreements and other arrangements. Prior to joining Seward & Kissel, Jeff was an associate in the Corporate & Securi...
David Kitchin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation. David, who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Christian D. Gateskill is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation. Christian D., who practices law in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christian D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Kenneth Snavely is an associate in the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group, where he focuses on representing public and private companies in a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, securities offerings and compliance, financing transactions, and corporate reorganizations. Kenneth’s practice covers the entire business lifecycle, from assisting with entity formation and providing guidance on securities c...
Elizabeth Driscoll represents clients in a variety of complex securities litigation and enforcement matters. She was previously a summer associate at WilmerHale. While in law school, Ms. Driscoll served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Juan R. Torruella of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Ms. Driscoll was also a research assistant for Professor David H. Webber. Ms. Driscoll served as a law clerk for US Magistrate Judge the Honorable Judith G. Dein of the US Dist...
Our Methodology
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Our methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
The Process
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