Zachary Brez

Zach works with companies and their senior officers and directors to investigate, mitigate, defend and advise on complex enforcement and regulatory matters in two primary areas: (1) securities, futures, and derivative financial products before the DOJ, SEC, and CFTC, as well as FINRA, the CME, ICE, CFE, and others; and (2) international risk, such as antibribery and corruption, sanctions, anti-money laundering, and antiboycott issues. Zach is the co-author of leading practitioner guides in these two areas, which are published by Bloomberg BNA: Commodities & Futures Enforcement: Practice and Procedure in CFTC and SRO Investigations and Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance: A Practitioner’s Guide to OFAC. Prior to joining Kirkland, Zach was a staff attorney in the Division of Enforcement for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Zach Brez works with companies and their senior officers and directors to investigate, mitigate, defend and advise on complex enforcement and regulatory matters in two primary areas: (1) securities, futures, and derivative financial products before the DOJ, SEC, and CFTC, as well as FINRA, the CME, ICE, CFE, and others; and (2) international risk, such as antibribery and corruption, sanctions, anti-money laundering, and antiboycott issues. He is the co-author of leading practitioner guides published by Bloomberg BNA: 'Commodities & Futures Enforcement: Practice and Procedure in CFTC and SRO Investigations' and 'Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance: A Practitioner’s Guide to OFAC.' Prior to joining Kirkland, he was a staff attorney in the Division of Enforcement for the SEC.

Practice areas

Securities EnforcementFutures and Derivatives EnforcementInternational Risk and SanctionsAnti-Money LaunderingAnti-Corruption

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United States

Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Zach works with companies and their senior officers and directors to investigate, mitigate, defend and advise on complex enforcement and regulatory matters in two primary areas: (1) securities, futures, and derivative financial products before the DOJ, SEC, and CFTC, as well as FINRA, the CME, ICE, CFE, and others; and (2) international risk, such as antibribery and corruption, sanctions, anti-money laundering, and antiboycott issues. Zach is the co-author of leading practitioner guides in these two areas, which are published by Bloomberg BNA: Commodities & Futures Enforcement: Practice and Procedure in CFTC and SRO Investigations and Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance: A Practitioner’s Guide to OFAC. Prior to joining Kirkland, Zach was a staff attorney in the Division of Enforcement for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

United States

Expertise

Securities EnforcementFutures EnforcementDerivatives EnforcementCFTC InvestigationsSEC InvestigationsInternational SanctionsAnti-CorruptionAnti-Money Laundering

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1999
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1994