Karen Garnett, Former Associate Director of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, Joins Proskauer

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Bolstering the Firm's SEC regulatory, capital markets and public company advisory practices, international law firm Proskauer today announced that Karen Garnett has joined as a partner in the Corporate Department of the Washington, D.C. office.

"As a senior officer at the SEC, Karen was instrumental in developing SEC policy. She is an accomplished securities attorney with decades of expertise in applying and interpreting federal securities laws and regulations, particularly those focused on public company registration, reporting and disclosure requirements. Karen is a valuable addition to our team and will further strengthen our comprehensive corporate and capital markets capabilities," said Pippa Bond, co-head of the Firm's Global Capital Markets Group.

Ms. Garnett joins Proskauer from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where she served as an Associate Director in the Division of Corporation Finance for the past eight years. In that role, Karen led the Division's disclosure review program and oversaw the reviews of transactional and periodic filings by issuers in a wide range of industries, including REITs, commodity pools, life sciences, financial services and asset management. In addition, she provided senior leadership to the Division's Office of Structured Finance and Office of Capital Markets Trends. Her other roles at the SEC have included serving as the Assistant Director of the Division's Office of Real Estate and Business Services and as Special Counsel and Attorney Advisor in the Divisions of Corporation Finance and Investment Management. Ms. Garnett received her B.A. from Dartmouth College and her J.D. from the University of Texas.

About Proskauer:

Proskauer is a full-service corporate law firm. Its Global Capital Markets Group includes more than 60 lawyers across the U.S., Europe and Latin America. The Firm represents bulge bracket, middle-market and boutique investment banks, as well as private equity sponsors and public and private companies of all sizes and industries around the world, in a wide variety of public, Rule 144A and Regulation S, and private debt and equity transactions. Proskauer has been recognized for "Innovation in the Business of Law" by the Financial Times for our groundbreaking IPO and Global High-Yield Bond studies.

Additional information about the Firm can be found at www.proskauer.com.

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