CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Marc Powers
Partner, BakerHostetler
Marc D. Powers has been practicing securities regulation, litigation and enforcement law for over 25 years since leaving public service at the SEC’s Enforcement Division and leads BakerHostetler’s Hedge Fund Industry practice and Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement practice. During his career Mr. Powers has provided compliance and regulatory advice to hedge funds and broker-dealers, their principals and portfolio managers, and has represented them in disputes with investors in litigation and arbitrations. He has successfully represented funds in SEC, CFTC and criminal investigations and proceedings against charges of misleading fund valuations, insider trading, market timing and late trading, supervisory failures and futures market manipulation. He is a member of BakerHostetler’s National Task Force on Complex Financial Fraud and is a member of BakerHostetler’s court-appointed team serving as counsel to the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC, where he has been coordinating strategy for the SIPA Trustee’s actions against several major feeder funds. Mr. Powers is a sought after commentator on many complex securities-related issues, appearing on panels, in print media and television, and is a regular contributor to various industry publications.
