Anita B. Bandy, ESQ.

Partner, Securities Enforcement
Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Anita Bandy is a partner in the SEC Enforcement and White Collar practice of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. She advises corporations, financial services companies, boards and their board committees, as well as directors, officers and other executives, on matters involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other U.S. and international law enforcement agencies. Prior to joining Skadden, Ms. Bandy served for 17 years at the SEC’s Enforcement Division, where she supervised, investigated and brought actions covering the entire breadth of the SEC’s enforcement authority, including in the areas of public company financial reporting, disclosures issues impacting investment advisers and financial services firms, auditor independence, trading practices, registration of securities and emerging areas such as SPACs, ESG and cyber. Anita also led several Division-wide initiatives and “sweeps” related to financial reporting, including the Division’s continuing Earnings Per Share Initiative. She held a number of leadership roles, including most recently serving as an associate director in the division’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, where she supervised a large staff of attorneys, market specialists and supervisors on a vast range of enforcement matters.