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Our Practices at a Glance

Securities and Financial Services Litigation & Consulting

Bates Group’s litigation, arbitration, and consulting experts provide our financial services industry clients and counsel decades of practical securities market experience across a broad range of functions, including but not limited to trading, retail sales practice and supervision, institutional practice, employment, clearing, and quantitative data analysis.

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Practice Leadership

Julie R. Johnstone

Julie R. Johnstone

Managing Director, Practice Leader - Securities and Financial Services Litigation & Consulting

Andrew C. Daniel

Andrew C. Daniel

Securities Litigation Expert and Consultant

Bates Compliance

Bates Compliance's team of experienced compliance professionals provide comprehensive offerings for Registered Investment Adviser, Broker-Dealer, and hybrid firms, as well as Private Fund and Hedge Fund clients, assisting them with compliance, risk mitigation, AML, supervision, and internal control functions.

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Practice Leadership

Rhonda Davis, JD, CAMS, CFE

Rhonda Davis, JD, CAMS, CFE

Senior Managing Director, BD-RIA Compliance

Kurt Wachholz, IACCP

Kurt Wachholz, IACCP

Managing Director, Bates Compliance

Hank Sanchez, Esq.

Hank Sanchez, Esq.

Managing Director, Bates Compliance

David Birnbaum

David Birnbaum

Managing Director, Business Development and Strategy

Money Services Businesses (MSB), Banks, FinTech and Cryptocurrency

Bates Group offers comprehensive compliance consulting solutions to established and start-up companies in the areas of banking, financial technology (FinTech), virtual assets and cryptocurrency, traditional Money Services Businesses (MSBs), and Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs).

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Practice Leadership

Brandi Reynolds, CAMS-Audit

Brandi Reynolds, CAMS-Audit

Chief Growth Officer and Senior Managing Director, Fintech & Banking Compliance

Regulatory and Internal Investigations

Bates Group’s professionals and experts, with decades of practical senior regulatory, legal, compliance and business experience, are engaged by our U.S. and Non-U.S. clients to conduct or participate in sensitive and complex regulatory and internal investigations.

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Practice Leadership

Alex Russell

Alex Russell

Senior Managing Director, Regulatory & Litigation

Data Analyses & Analytics

Whether it is a single transaction or billions of lines of data, using state-of-the-art technology, our industry leading data analytics and big data analyses team will help you make sense of the damages and dollars at stake in arbitration and litigation, internal investigations and enforcement matters.

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Practice Leadership

Julie R. Johnstone

Julie R. Johnstone

Managing Director, Practice Leader - Securities and Financial Services Litigation & Consulting

Andrew C. Daniel

Andrew C. Daniel

Securities Litigation Expert and Consultant

Alex Russell

Alex Russell

Senior Managing Director, Regulatory & Litigation

Annuity and Insurance Product Litigation and Actuarial Services

Annuity and Insurance product support and actuarial services for regulatory response and litigation

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Practice Leadership

Greg Faucher, CAS

Greg Faucher, CAS

Managing Consultant, Insurance & Actuarial Services