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George Canellos
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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| George S. Canellos is Director of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the largest of the SEC’s regional offices. In that position, to which he was appointed in July 2009, Mr. Canellos oversees nearly 400 professional staff of enforcement attorneys, accountants, investigators and compliance examiners engaged in the investigation and prosecution of enforcement actions and the performance of compliance inspections in the region. The New York Office has responsibility for the largest concentration of SEC-registered financial institutions, including more than 4,000 investment banks, investment advisers, broker-dealers, mutual funds and hedge funds. Mr. Canellos began his career as a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. In 1994, he became an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. During his nine years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Canellos served in a num-ber of positions, including Chief of the Major Crimes Unit, Senior Trial Counsel of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, and Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney. Following his service at the U.S. Attorney’s Office and immediately prior to assuming his position at the SEC, Mr. Canellos served for more than six years as a litigation partner at the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. |
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