Noreen Kelly > McGuireWoods LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
McGuireWoods LLP Offices
1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 20TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10020-1104
NEW YORK
United States
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Noreen Kelly
Career
Noreen serves as the chair of McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation Department, which Law360 selected for its prestigious “Practice Group of the Year” award for its notable work in 2019, and is a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Noreen focuses her practice on regulatory enforcement matters and commercial litigation in the securities and financial services spaces.
Noreen has represented a wide variety of clients – financial institutions, broker dealers, investment advisors, and other public and private entities and executives – facing regulatory and criminal investigations and supervisory examinations by the DOJ, the SEC, FINRA, various securities exchanges, as well as state attorneys general. She has conducted internal investigations on behalf of major financial institutions, audit committees and other entities involving, among other matters, alleged violations of securities and banking-related rules and regulations, accounting fraud, broker dealer compliance violations, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and general fraud and embezzlement. Noreen also counsels broker dealers on compliance matters, particularly in the areas of books & records compliance and transaction and non-financial regulatory reporting (e.g., Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), Large Option Position Reporting (LOPR), ACT and TRF reporting, and Electronic Bluesheets (EBS)).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Sporting a number of former federal prosecutors, the corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense practice at McGuireWoods LLP acts for clients stemming from a variety of sectors, such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, and the government. New York-based Noreen Kelly chairs the group and is particularly well versed in matters relating to securities and financial services. In Washington DC, former Deputy Attorney General for the DOJ George Terwilliger has extensive experience leading cross-border internal investigations, as well as representing individual and corporate clients in criminal litigation and enforcement actions. Another key name to note for his expertise in securities is Jason Cowley in Charlotte, while Richmond’s John Adams is frequently involved at the investigation, litigation, and appeal stages of white-collar matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings