Emma Bennett focuses her practice on complex enforcement matters, as well as other disputes and investigations in the financial services industry. She regularly represents financial institutions, investment advisors, broker-dealers, and companies in regulatory enforcement actions and investigations before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and other state criminal and regulatory authorities. She also has experience conducting internal investigations for public companies and financial institutions, and in providing financial services clients with legal counsel concerning regulatory issues. She joined WilmerHale as a summer associate in 2016.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bennett served as a legal intern for the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. She was also a research assistant in economic policy studies for the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Columbia Law School, 2017

      Articles Editor, Columbia Business Law Review

    • BA, Economics and Government, University of Virginia, 2012

      with high distinction

      Distinguished Major in Politics, Echols Scholar

  • Admissions

    • New York

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