M. Alexander (Alec) Koch

Practice Areas

Alec Koch is a co-leader of the Securities Enforcement and Regulation practice and a former Assistant Director with the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement. He represents public companies, financial institutions, boards of directors, and individuals in securities enforcement and anti-corruption investigations before the SEC, DOJ, PCAOB, and other regulatory authorities. Alec also regularly conducts internal investigations on behalf of companies board committees, often involving multiple jurisdictions, and advises clients on regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues.

At the SEC, Alec supervised investigations of all types, including matters involving public company accounting and disclosure; The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; insider trading; regulated entities such as broker-dealers, investment advisers, and credit rating agencies; market manipulation; and securities offerings. He served as a member of the Division of Enforcement’s Broker-Dealer Task Force, as the co-chair of the Division's Priorities and Resources Subcommittee, and as a liaison between the Division and the SEC’s Office of Credit Ratings.

Since 2017, Mr. Koch has served on the board of directors of the Ethics Research Center, a non-profit organization that works to assist public companies and other institutions with building strong ethics and compliance cultures and programs. He also currently serves on the board of Legal Aid D.C.