Cleary Gottlieb, Loeb & Loeb, Cozen, Perez: Business of Law

Robert W. Cook, former director of the division of trading and markets of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will return to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as a partner. He will be based in the firm’s Washington office and will focus on securities, derivatives, and market regulation, the firm said.

“Robert rejoins our partners Alan Beller, David Becker, and Giovanni Prezioso and senior counsel Edward Greene, all former senior SEC officials,” Cleary Gottlieb managing partner Mark Leddy said in a statement. “His broad experience and deep expertise as one of the leading practitioners on broker-dealer and market regulation in the United States will be of enormous benefit to our clients.”