Ghillaine co-leads the firm's Securities Investigations + Enforcement Practice Group. She focuses her practice on government and securities regulatory investigations, financial services litigation, commercial litigation, and corporate compliance. Drawing on her experience in government service and private practice, Ghillaine regularly represents corporations and individuals in investigations conducted by the Securities & Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and other government and regulatory agencies. Ghillaine has successfully defended several high profile SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings involving a wide range of significant issues, including insider trading, accounting fraud, market manipulation, and broker-dealer sales practice violations. Prior to entering private practice, Ghillaine was a branch chief and staff attorney in the New York Regional office of the Securities & Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, where she investigated and litigated a wide range of securities enforcement matters.
Ghillaine also represents clients in complex financial services and commercial litigation matters, in both federal and state courts. She has achieved favorable outcomes in cases involving fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, and tortious interference. She has also successfully defended clients in large scale arbitration proceedings, both through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the American Arbitration Association.
Troutman Pepper Financial Services
02.28.24
2023 Year-In-Review: Key Enforcement Initiatives and Cases in Crypto, Cyber, SPACs, Whistleblowers, and the Future of Administrative Law Proceedings
Articles + Publications
02.28.24
2023 Year-In-Review: Key Enforcement Initiatives and Cases in Crypto, Cyber, SPACs, Whistleblowers, and the Future of Administrative Law Proceedings
Articles + Publications
02.23.24
11th Circuit Rules Against SEC Penny-Stock Ban
Articles + Publications
01.10.24
Securities Investigations and Enforcement Newsletter — January 2024
Articles + Publications
01.09.24
SEC's Whistleblower Program Sees Record Increase in Tips but Fewer Payouts
Articles + Publications
11.27.23
SEC Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Enforcement Results