SIFMA today announced it has appointed Kevin Zambrowicz as managing director and associate general counsel. Mr. Zambrowicz joins SIFMA from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where he served in the Office of General Counsel.
“We are excited to have Kevin join our legal team,” said Ira Hammerman, senior managing director and general counsel at SIFMA. "Kevin’s broad experience both at the SEC and as outside counsel working on behalf of major financial institutions will be a great benefit to our members on a wide variety of regulatory issues.”
In his position, Mr. Zambrowicz will be the staff advisor to the Compliance and Regulatory Policy Committee (CRPC), and will also be involved in the many regulatory advocacy initiatives for SIFMA and its members. Mr. Zambrowicz will be based out of SIFMA’s Washington, D.C. office.
As associate general counsel for legal policy at the SEC, Mr. Zambrowicz was responsible for handling a wide range of broker-dealer, investment adviser and investment company issues, including initiatives under Dodd-Frank.
Prior to rejoining the SEC, he was a partner (2005-2011) in the Financial Services Group at Bingham McCutchen, where he advised financial institution clients on various aspects of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the Dodd-Frank Act. His first tour through the SEC (1997-2001) was in Market Regulation (now Trading & Markets), and he was an associate and later counsel at Arnold & Porter where he first developed his bank regulatory expertise.
Mr. Zambrowicz earned his Law Degree from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law and his Bachelor’s Degree from The Catholic University of America.