Eli Kozminsky advises clients on a broad range of financial regulatory matters. Prior to joining WilmerHale, Mr. Kozminsky served as Senior Advisor to the Acting Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel of the OCC, advising leadership on a wide range of complex, high-profile banking matters. Previously, he served as a counsel at the OCC, providing subject matter expertise on regulatory issues involving banks, broker-dealers, investment companies, investment advisers, crypto assets, syndicated loans and collective investment funds. Before that, he worked on trading and market regulation at the SEC, overseeing exchanges and other trading platforms. Mr. Kozminsky began his legal career in the financial institutions advisory group of a major international law firm in New York, where he advised clients spanning large foreign banks, state trust companies, broker-dealers, and crypto and fintech ventures.

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Duke University School of Law, 2017

      magna cum laude 

      Executive Editor, Alaska Law Review

      Regulatory Law Award 

      Dean’s Awards: Big Bank Regulation (2016) and Structuring Financial Transactions (2017)

    • BA, Social Studies, Harvard University, 2014

      magna cum laude

      Senior Editor, Harvard Political Review

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • New York

  • Government Experience

    • Department of the Treasury

      Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

      Senior Advisor, Counsel
    • Securities and Exchange Commission

      Division of Trading and Markets

      Attorney

Credentials

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