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Natasha Vij Greiner

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Natasha Vij Greiner

Partner

  • Chair, Investment Management
Washington DC + 1 202 663 6418

Natasha Vij Greiner is chair of WilmerHale’s Investment Management Practice and a partner in the firm’s Securities and Financial Services (SFS) Department. Drawing on more than two decades of senior leadership experience across four SEC divisions, she provides sophisticated insight into the development, implementation and practical consequences of SEC rulemaking and other regulatory initiatives, including their implications for the business operations and compliance programs of regulated entities. She also brings significant enforcement and examination perspective, helping clients anticipate how regulatory concerns may arise, understand when those concerns can develop into examinations or investigations, and respond strategically as scrutiny intensifies.

As Director of the SEC's Division of Investment Management, Ms. Greiner led the division responsible for regulating the asset management industry and overseeing the administration of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Investment Company Act of 1940. In that role, she directed major regulatory and policy initiatives affecting investment advisers, private funds, registered funds and other market participants, while helping shape the SEC's approach to a rapidly evolving investment management landscape.

Earlier, Ms. Greiner served as Acting Co-Director and Deputy Director of the Division of Examinations and as National Associate Director of the investment adviser and investment company examination program, including the Private Funds Unit. In those leadership positions, she oversaw examination programs covering thousands of registered investment advisers, private fund advisers and registered funds, providing her with first-hand insight into the issues and risks that most frequently draw regulatory scrutiny. Her experience gives clients valuable perspective on how examination staff identify concerns, assess compliance programs and determine whether matters warrant referral to enforcement.

Ms. Greiner also served as Acting Chief Counsel and Assistant Chief Counsel in the Division of Trading and Markets, where she advised the Commission on significant legal, regulatory and policy matters affecting securities markets, broker-dealers, self-regulatory organizations and other market participants. In those roles, she worked on complex rulemakings, market structure initiatives and regulatory issues impacting some of the largest participants in the financial services industry.

Her SEC service further includes nearly a decade in the Division of Enforcement, including in the inaugural Asset Management Unit, where she investigated and litigated matters involving investment advisers, investment companies, broker-dealers and other market participants.

Throughout her SEC career, Ms. Greiner worked extensively with domestic and foreign-based investment advisers, private funds, registered funds, broker-dealers and other financial institutions, while coordinating with domestic and international regulators on significant regulatory and enforcement matters. Her broad experience across the SEC's Investment Management, Examinations, Enforcement and Trading and Markets divisions enables her to provide strategic, practical advice to clients facing their most significant regulatory and business challenges.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 2001

    • BS, James Madison University, 1997

      cum laude

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

  • Government Experience

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Investment Management

      Director

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Examinations

      Acting Co-Director

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Examinations

      Deputy Director

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Examinations

      National Associate Director, IA/IC Examination Program

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Examinations

      Associate Director, IA/IC Examination Program, Washington DC Office

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Trading and Markets

      Acting Chief Counsel

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Trading and Markets

      Assistant Chief Counsel

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Trading and Markets

      Branch Chief

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Trading and Markets

      Special Counsel

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Enforcement

      Senior Counsel

    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations

      Senior Counsel

Credentials

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