Frederic T. Spindel
Partner

Buckley Kolar LLP
1250 24th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 349-8070
(202) 349-8080 (fax)

Practice

Fred Spindel is a partner of Buckley Kolar LLP. He has over 25 years of private practice experience in the areas of corporate and securities transactions and regulation. Mr. Spindel counsels financial services companies and other business entities across a broad spectrum of matters, with particular focus on mergers, asset and stock acquisitions and restructurings, as well as private equity, venture capital and other public and private financings. He also advises on corporate governance and shareholder relations.

Another principal component of Mr. Spindel's practice involves representation of investment banks, asset managers, securities brokerage firms and hedge funds. In addition to assisting in development of investment products, he provides advice on securities regulatory compliance issues, and has acted as counsel in SEC, NASD and stock exchange investigative and enforcement proceedings, as well as in private court litigation and arbitrations concerning financial fraud, manipulation, insider trading and other violations of securities laws.

Professional Activities

Mr. Spindel has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center where he has taught courses on corporate and securities practice. He has also served as a legal advisor to securities commissions and stock exchanges in various developing and emerging countries on reforming laws and regulations governing the financial sector and capital markets. Mr. Spindel is a member of the Corporate Governance and the Venture Capital and Private Equity Committees of the American Bar Association.

Professional Experience

Before joining the Firm, Mr. Spindel was a partner in the Washington offices of several major national law firms. Prior to entering private practice, he served as an Assistant General Counsel of the Securities & Exchange Commission and thereafter as Deputy General Counsel to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission where he was responsible for major regulatory initiatives and oversaw the agency's litigation program.

Bar Admissions

Mr. Spindel is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and a number of federal courts of appeals and district courts.

Education

J.D. with honors, University of Texas (Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Texas Law Review)
A.B., Cornell University (John McMuller Regional Scholar)

Military Service

Captain, US Army (certified by Judge Advocate General as counsel for General and Special Courts Martial)