November 3, 2008
David Blass joins the firm as Special Counsel in the Asset Management Group and will reside in the Washington office.
On November 3, Willkie announced that David Blass has joined the firm as Special Counsel in the Asset Management Group and will reside in the Washington office. Since 2006, Mr. Blass has served as Assistant Director for the SEC’s Division of Investment Management. He also previously served in the SEC’s Division of Market Regulation (now called the Division of Trading & Markets) as Branch Chief and Special Counsel. Mr. Blass was most recently responsible for managing the office responsible for administering the Division of Investment Management’s investment adviser regulatory program, including all rulemaking under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; negotiating and approving applications for exemptive orders, interpretive letters, and no action letters; and hiring and training attorneys and staff. He also administered the Division of Market Regulation’s program for broker-dealer sales practices, statutory disqualification and sanctions programs, the securities industry arbitration forum, and anti-money laundering regulation.