FREDERIC SPINDEL JOINS BUCKLEY KOLAR LLP IN WASHINGTON DC

Practice Focuses on Corporate and Securities Transactions and Regulation

Buckley Kolar LLP of Washington, D.C., announced today the addition of a new partner, Frederic T. Spindel. Mr. Spindel has extensive experience in corporate and securities regulation. His practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity, and public and private debt and equity financings. He also counsels investment banks, investment advisory firms, broker-dealers, and hedge funds on compliance, governance and regulatory risk management. He has represented financial services firms and other clients in SEC, NASD and stock exchange investigations and enforcement proceedings, as well as in arbitrations and court litigations.

Prior to joining Buckley Kolar, Mr. Spindel was a partner in the Washington, DC office of Venable LLP. Prior to entering private practice he spent six years with the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served as an Assistant General Counsel and subsequently served as Deputy General Counsel to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

“The addition of Fred Spindel’s expertise in broker-dealer and investment advisor regulation as well his corporate and business transactional experience further enhances our ability to offer the full range of legal services to the financial services industry” said Jerry Buckley.

Mr. Spindel received his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas, and his B.A. from Cornell University. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, has served as an arbitrator for the National Futures Association, and has been a legal advisor to securities commissions and stock exchanges in various countries throughout the world in developing laws and regulations governing the financial sector and capital markets.

About Buckley Kolar
Buckley Kolar LLP is a law firm dedicated to providing the highest quality legal services principally to the financial services industry. Based in Washington, D.C., Buckley Kolar has a national practice, providing advice and counsel on regulatory, enforcement, transactional, and legislative matters to many of the country’s leading banks, non-bank consumer lenders, securities brokers, asset managers, mortgage companies, real estate settlement services providers, e-commerce businesses, technology vendors, financial services trade associations, and home builders, with an emphasis on both consumer financial services and the electronic provision of financial services. Additional information regarding Buckley Kolar, its practice and its attorneys, is available at www.buckleykolar.com.