He regularly represents clients before U.S. federal and state financial regulatory authorities, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He also represents clients in filing comment letters and amicus briefs in connection with SEC rulemakings.
C. Wallace DeWitt
Counsel
C. Wallace represents foreign and domestic financial institutions as to a variety of securities and banking regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the private wealth industry and the cross-border marketing of investment services and financial products.
Expertise
Experience
Pro bono
Advising the Chesapeake Legal Alliance regarding assorted conservation matters before state and local authorities in the Chesapeake watershed area.
Published Work
- Brief for Amicus Curiae Committee on Capital Markets Regulation in Supports of Plaintiffs, National Association of Private Fund Managers et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission (Case No. 4:24-cv-00250-O) (N.D. Texas, May 7, 2024)
- Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association of Private Fund Managers, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission (23-60626) (5th Cir., Mar. 12, 2024)
- Brief for Amicus Curiae Committee on Capital Markets Regulation in Support of Petitioners, National Association of Private Fund Managers et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission (23-60471) (5th Cir., Nov. 8, 2023)
- Impromptu Questions on the SEC’s Climate Risk Proposal (CATO, Apr. 25, 2022) (Parts I, II, III, IV, and V)
- Opinion: The ‘Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act’ has all the nuance of a sledgehammer (MARKETWATCH, Jul. 24, 2020)
- Trump Eyes Reforms to Corporate Earnings Reports (National Review Online, Aug. 28, 2018).
Speaking Engagements
- “The Role of Private v Public Markets,” Harvard Program on International Financial Systems, 26th Annual Japan-U.S. Symposium, Karuizawa, Nov. 16-18, 2023
- “Bitcoin’s Comeback,” Freedom & Progress 2023: FREEOPP’s Annual Conference, Nov. 6, 2023
- “View from the Ground Level—Practical Issues regarding Paycheck Protection Program Implementation: A Conversation with Banking Attorneys Around the Country,” Federalist Society Teleforum, Apr. 24, 2020
- SOX Auditor Attestation Requirements, Federalist Society Teleforum, Sept. 25, 2019 SEC Enforcement Update--Avoiding Trouble, 34th Midyear
Awards
- Outstanding Firm of Fall 2023 award for pro bono work on behalf of Chesapeake Legal Alliance
Qualifications
Admissions
Attorney-at-law, State of New York, US, 2009
Attorney-at-law, District of Columbia, US, 2016
Courts
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
Academic
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 2008
M.Phil, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Gates Cambridge Scholarship, King’s College, University of Cambridge, 2006
B.A., International Studies & Humanities, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpheus Henry Snow Prize, Yale College, 2003
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.