MFA Legal & Compliance 2023

Anthony Martinez

Partner, Global Head of Mercer Sentinel at Mercer

Brian Meyer

Partner, Co-COO & General Counsel at Fir Tree Partners

Brian Meyer is a Partner, Co-Chief Operating Officer, and General Counsel of Fir Tree Partners. Brian is responsible for overseeing the firm’s legal, compliance, human resources, and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Fir Tree, Brian was a Managing Director at Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a media-focused private equity firm and investment bank. From 1997 until 2004, Brian worked closely with Fir Tree Partners as General Counsel of The Official Information Company, a Fir Tree investment. From 1993 to 1997, he was Senior Corporate Counsel at Revlon, Inc. Brian began his professional career specializing in M&A, corporate, securities, and banking law at the law firms of Latham & Watkins and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy. Brian received a J.D. degree from U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall, where he was Executive Editor of the California Law Review, and received a B.A. in History and graduated magna cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley.

David Mitchell

Deputy General Counsel, Labor & Employment at Balyasny Asset Management L.P.

David Mitchell is Deputy General Counsel, Labor and Employment at Balyasny Asset Management. Previously he worked at Hogan Lovells for over 8 years. In his role as an employment attorney, he advises on a variety of matters, including internal investigations, wage and hour issues, restrictive covenants, employment agreement negotiations, and personnel policies. David was selected as a 2019 Council of Urban Professionals Fellow and a 2017 New City Bar Associate Leadership Institute Fellow. He is a board member of My Brother’s Keeper / My Sister’s Keeper, an organization devoted to promoting fellowship in support of Black attorneys. David is also a founding member of the Black BigLaw Pipeline, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of Black associates who successfully navigate BigLaw. He attended New York University for his undergraduate studies and received his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law.

Erin Mullen

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Woodline Partners

Erin Mullen is the Chief Compliance Officer for Woodline Partners, LP. Previously, Erin worked at Citadel supporting the Fundamental Equities businesses and Citadel’s alternative data initiative. Prior to joining Citadel, she worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in a number of different legal and compliance roles. Erin began her career working at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Chadbourne & Parke. Erin attended the Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Minnesota.

Ian P. McGinley

Director, Division of Enforcement at Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Ian McGinley is the Director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement. In this role, he leads the CFTC’s enforcement program and oversees prosecutions and investigations, the market surveillance unit, the forensic economist unit, and the CFTC’s whistleblower program. He joined the CFTC in February 2023 from the law firm Akin Gump, where he was a partner. Ian previously served for more than a decade as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he was Co-Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit and a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force.

Scott H. Moss

Partner, Chair, Fund Regulatory & Compliance; Co-Chair, Investment Management Group at Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Highly respected by industry peers for his depth of regulatory knowledge, Scott Moss has counseled hundreds of investment management clients in the implementation of compliance programs, as well as in the development of plans to ensure ongoing adherence to emerging regulatory standards. He possesses a thorough knowledge of the entire panoply of the overlapping securities and commodities laws, rules, and regulations affecting his clients. Scott is part of a team that 'always understands the issues at hand, responds very quickly and is able to suggest creative solutions to issues that are often very complicated.' (The Legal 500) Scott’s extensive experience includes representing offshore and U.S.-based funds, investment advisors, broker-dealers, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors in formation and structuring, securities and commodities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, and other financial transactions. Scott is also a prominent author and lecturer on corporate law, securities transactions, and investment management. His advisory roles include: Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School, 'Hedge Funds and Investment Adviser Seminar' (2008-2017); Former Appointed Director of the Board of Directors for the Managed Funds Association (MFA), which represents the global alternative investment industry and its investors by advocating for regulatory, tax, and other public policies that foster efficient, transparent, and fair capital markets (2021-2023); Member of the Steering Committee of the Lawyers’ Advisory Forum and Conference Committee for the MFA; IA Legal and Regulatory Subcommittee and Speaking Faculty of the National Society of Compliance Professionals. Scott continues to be recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Businesses for Regulatory & Compliance.