Ivan P. Harris — Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Mr. Ivan P. Harris has been employed at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPP in the position of Partner since May 2007. Mr. Harris is a member of the firm's Litigation Practice and resides in Miami. He joins Morgan Lewis from his position as regulatory counsel at a financial services firm that operates a hedge fund adviser. Before moving in-house two years ago, Mr. Harris spearheaded several of the SEC's most significant hedge fund investigations. In 2005, Mr. Harris led the SEC's investigation of one of the largest hedge-fund fraud actions ever brought by the SEC, against Palm Beach'based KL Financial Group, which raised almost $200 million before its assets were frozen and it was put in receivership in an emergency SEC action. In 2003, Mr. Harris was also responsible for the first SEC case involving a hedge fund's illegal short-selling ahead of a secondary stock offering. In addition to his hedge fund background, Mr. Harris led several precedent-setting enforcement matters when he was at the SEC, including corporate financial fraud, insider trading, broker-dealer, and investment adviser cases. He also developed a particular expertise in international cases by investigating financial fraud and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters in concert with regulators throughout Europe and Central and South America. Mr. Harris is a 1994 graduate of Duke University Law School and holds bachelor's degrees from the Wharton School of Business and the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.