Michael D. Mann
Michael D. Mann combines more than 15 years of leading U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission international regulatory and enforcement strategy with more than 25 years of private practice experience in counseling public companies, financial firms, and individuals in navigating the myriad of regulatory, compliance, and enforcement challenges they confront around the world. Michael provides strategic advice regarding international securities regulation and enforcement and the cross-border conduct of business and counsel to businesses subject to regulation in the United States and throughout the world.
Michael is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the distinguished practitioners council and board of advisers to the SEC Historical Society, and the editorial board of Wall Street Lawyer: Securities in the Electronic Age. He previously served as a member of the Hampshire College board of trustees and the board of directors of the Federation of American Scientists. He also served as the chair of the Securities Market Advisory Board of the Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision.
Michael served for seven years as the first director of the Office of International Affairs at the SEC. He established the key formal and informal relationships between the SEC and its foreign regulatory counterparts in the world’s most important developed and emerging markets. In particular, he negotiated formal understandings to facilitate cooperation on enforcement, regulation of cross-border trading activity, and the development of securities markets. These understandings continue to be the centerpiece of the SEC’s international efforts.
Michael also led the SEC’s development of new regulatory approaches to facilitate access to the U.S. securities markets through cross-border securities offerings. Moreover, he directed the SEC’s multilateral efforts to improve and harmonize regulation worldwide and to remove unnecessary barriers to trade.
Prior to becoming director of the Office of International Affairs, Michael served as associate director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. While in the Division of Enforcement, he carried out investigations and litigation, with a particular emphasis on international matters. He acted as counsel for the Commission in SEC v. Levine, SEC v. Certain Unknown Purchasers (the “Santa Fe” case), and SEC v. Winans (the “Wall Street Journal” case), among others.
Michael is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the distinguished practitioners council and board of advisers to the SEC Historical Society, and the editorial board of Wall Street Lawyer: Securities in the Electronic Age. He previously served as a member of the Hampshire College board of trustees and the board of directors of the Federation of American Scientists. He also served as the chair of the Securities Market Advisory Board of the Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision.
Michael served for seven years as the first director of the Office of International Affairs at the SEC. He established the key formal and informal relationships between the SEC and its foreign regulatory counterparts in the world’s most important developed and emerging markets. In particular, he negotiated formal understandings to facilitate cooperation on enforcement, regulation of cross-border trading activity, and the development of securities markets. These understandings continue to be the centerpiece of the SEC’s international efforts.
Michael also led the SEC’s development of new regulatory approaches to facilitate access to the U.S. securities markets through cross-border securities offerings. Moreover, he directed the SEC’s multilateral efforts to improve and harmonize regulation worldwide and to remove unnecessary barriers to trade.
Prior to becoming director of the Office of International Affairs, Michael served as associate director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. While in the Division of Enforcement, he carried out investigations and litigation, with a particular emphasis on international matters. He acted as counsel for the Commission in SEC v. Levine, SEC v. Certain Unknown Purchasers (the “Santa Fe” case), and SEC v. Winans (the “Wall Street Journal” case), among others.