Phil Fortino
SEC Enforcement and Litigation Counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Role
- Counsel, White Collar and Regulatory Defense Group at Debevoise & Plimpton
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Phil Fortino
Phil Fortino is a litigation counsel in Debevoise & Plimpton’s New York office and a member of the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. His practice focuses on advising clients facing major investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and other federal regulators, as well as state attorneys general and securities regulators.Mr. Fortino served as an attorney in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement from 2015 through 2023, most recently as Senior Trial Counsel in the SEC’s New York Regional Office. At the SEC, he conducted investigations and litigated enforcement actions involving a broad range of securities laws violations, including investment adviser fraud, market manipulation, mismarking, insider trading, and books-and-records violations. Mr. Fortino also served in the SEC’s Complex Financial Instruments (CFI) Unit where he focused on enforcement matters involving novel hedge fund and proprietary trading strategies, as well as sophisticated investment products, including asset-backed securities and credit default swaps (CDS). Many of his cases at the SEC were precedent-setting wins, among them settlements with 15 depositary banks and broker-dealers in an industry-wide investigation relating to the handling of American depositary receipts (ADRs).This profile may constitute attorney advertising. Prior results do not assure a similar outcome.
Experience
Counsel, White Collar and Regulatory Defense Group
Jan 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US
Education
Yale University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science
Yale University
Master of Arts (MA), Political Science
Chaminade High School
High School Diploma
Columbia Law School
Doctor of Law (JD)
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