ERIN KAUFFMAN is a senior managing associate in the Securities Enforcement and Regulatory group, which received the 2019 Chambers USA Award for Financial Services Regulation, and was named the “Law Firm of the Year” for Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) in 2023, 2021, and 2016 and for Securities Regulation in 2024, 2020, 2017, and 2011–2012 by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. She advises financial services clients on regulatory, transactional, compliance and enforcement matters arising under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Erin has extensive experience advising clients, including some of the world’s largest asset managers and broker-dealers, on the development and expansion of their securities lending programs, as well as on related regulatory and compliance issues. She has also assisted in representing the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) with respect to comment letters submitted to the SEC related to securities lending and short selling.