Robert E. Rice Named as Chief Counsel to SEC Chairman White

SEC Chair Mary Jo White today announced that she has appointed Robert E. Rice as her Chief Counsel. As Chief Counsel, Mr. Rice will serve as a senior legal and policy advisor to the Chair and provide advice and counsel on a wide variety of regulatory matters.

As a former federal prosecutor, and having served for over nine years in the Southern District of New York office, Mr. Rice comes to the SEC from Deutsche Bank AG in New York, where he was head of governance, litigation and regulation for the Americas, and the global co-head of its governance, litigation and regulation operating committee.

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