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Andrew D. Kaizer is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, based in the Firm’s New York office. He is a member of the Trial Department and Head of the SEC Defense Group in the Firm’s New York office. Prior to joining McDermott, he was a partner at a major international law firm where he was based in New York.
Andrew’s practice focuses on litigation and securities and commodities enforcement, white-collar criminal defense, investigations by federal, state, and private-sector regulators and law enforcement officials in the U.S. and abroad, internal investigations, broker-dealer regulatory compliance, and complex commercial civil litigation, including class action and RICO matters.
Andrew has provided counseling and trial representation in criminal, regulatory and corporate governance matters to individuals, corporate board members and organizations in a variety of industries. Many of his clients have come from across the financial services sector, including private, investment, and commercial banks, investment companies, broker-dealers and Big Four accounting firms. Among many other things during his 25 years of practice, he has advised clients during investigations of alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, mutual fund market timing, insider trading, market manipulation, securities fraud, ERISA fraud, bank embezzlement, public corruption, auditor independence, accounting practices and professional liability and underwriter IPO practices, as well as antitrust investigations in a variety of industries. He has also handled substantial commercial disputes, including computer crimes and theft of trade secrets, and complex real estate financings.
Andrew is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY), Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, and Federal Bar Council (Second Circuit). He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department.
Since being appointed in 1994, Andrew has been a member of the Complaint Mediation Panel for the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department. He has served on various ABCNY Committees, and presently serves on the ABCNY Financial Reporting Committee. As a member of an ABCNY Multi-Committee Task Force, he helped prepare comments on SEC attorney conduct rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Andrew is a frequent speaker on securities issues before the ABCNY and other organizations. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Complinet, Inc.
Education:
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1983
Boston University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1978 | 