Michele Anderson

About Michele Anderson

Partner in the Washington DC National Office of Latham & Watkins, advising clients and Latham lawyers facing complex issues arising under the US securities laws. Prior to joining Latham, served 24 years in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance. Held several senior positions in the Division, including most recently serving as Associate Director and Acting Deputy Director. For nearly 15 years, led and then oversaw the Division’s Office of Mergers and Acquisitions. Leverages extensive knowledge and SEC experience to help the firm’s lawyers and clients navigate the disclosure requirements and other SEC rules that affect domestic and cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions. Also, advises public company clients confronting shareholder activism and corporate governance issues.As Associate Director at the SEC, oversaw the Division’s legal and policy program and the work of the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions, the Office of International Corporate Finance, and the Office of Structured Finance. Directed rulemaking initiatives and no-action, interpretive, and exemptive positions on:• Domestic and cross-border M&A transactions• Federal proxy rules• Registration, disclosure, and reporting requirements that apply to foreign issuers and issuers of asset-backed securitiesAs Chief of the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions, managed the SEC’s regulation of M&A transactions and the application and interpretation of SEC rules relating to:• Tender offers• Mergers• Going-private transactions• Debt restructurings• Beneficial ownership reporting• Contested and other non-routine proxy solicitationsAlso has extensive experience with the full range of SEC reporting and disclosure obligations as a result of her broad oversight responsibility for the SEC’s disclosure review program for public companies.A frequent speaker on federal securities law developments, public company M&A, activism, and shareholder voting, and has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.Portions of this profile may constitute attorney advertising. Any testimonial or endorsement on this profile does not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Experience

1. Partner

   Latham & Watkins

   Oct 2022 — Present

Education

• University of Colorado Law School

  JD, law

  1994 — 1997

• University of Colorado Boulder

  B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science

  1989 — 1993

Skills

• Capital Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Finance
• Cross-Border M&a
• Proxy Contests
• Proxy Statements
• Policy
• Corporate Law
• Ipo
• Equity Capital Markets
• Corporate Governance
• Proxy Voting
• Mergers
• Sec Filings
• Tender Offers
• Acquisitions
• Securities Regulation
• Securities
• Legal Writing
• Securities Law