February 2025
Welcome to the monthly digest from SEDA Experts — your premier source for elite expert witnesses specializing in financial services. Below, you’ll find exclusive insights from our firm leaders, case updates, the latest news on our experts, and introductions to the newest additions to our ever growing roster of accomplished practitioners.
INSIGHTS
AI Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Natasha Kassian of SEDA draws on over 30 years of experience providing legal and compliance guidance to registered investment advisers to offer a comprehensive analysis on the SEC’s July 2023 proposed rules regulating potential conflicts of interests associated with the use of predictive data analytics and other AI technologies by broker-dealers and investment advisers.
CASE UPDATES
SEDA Investment Banking Expert Supports Settlement in Private Placement Transaction Fee Dispute
SEDA Expert Mitchell I. Gordon was retained to provide his expert opinion on the adequacy of the process and procedures followed by an investment banking firm in an international media industry private placement transaction.
EXPERTS IN THE NEWS
Craig Coben, joined Katie Martin on the Financial Times Unhinged Podcast to discuss the future of IPO markets. In his regular column for Financial Times Alphaville, Coben examines Venture Global LNG’s 42% downward repricing in its recent IPO.
Kathryn Porter joined Freddie Sayers with UnHerd to discuss the factors underpinning the UK’s blackout risks.
Dr. Mark Calabria joined Trinity Student Managed Fund podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese to reflect on his career and offer advice to students.
Dr. Willem Buiter shares his perspective on the Federal Reserve’s December 2024 inflation rate decision in a feature for Faculti.
Steven Kargman, late last year, taught a MasterClass on international debt restructuring in Zanzibar for bankers from several African countries, participated (virtually) in a panel discussion on judgment enforcement and asset recovery for a conference in New Delhi sponsored by INSOL India and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), and served on the American Bar Association (ABA) delegation to the latest UNCITRAL insolvency law working group session in Vienna.
NEW HIRES
SEDA continues to expand its Investigation, Regulatory Enforcement & Compliance practice.
We are excited to introduce:
Brandon Becker is a distinguished expert in securities regulation and corporate governance, with a career spanning over four decades in both public service and private sector roles. His expertise covers a wide range of critical areas, including market oversight, broker-dealer compliance, and regulatory advisory for major financial institutions. Brandon has held key roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), WilmerHale, and in executive positions at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).
Cameron Funkhouser is an accomplished financial regulatory leader with over 35 years of experience at FINRA, where he served as Executive Vice President in the Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence. He has experience developing and implementing comprehensive regulatory programs, conducting high-profile insider trading and market manipulation investigations, and using advanced data solutions to improve market surveillance and compliance. Mr. Funkhouser has designed and managed large-scale regulatory programs overseeing registered broker-dealers and trading activities on the NYSE and Nasdaq.
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