Departing SEC Enforcement Chief Grewal to Join Milbank Law Firm

  • SEC had said Gurbir Grewal plans to leave agency on Oct. 11
  • Grewal is a former US prosecutor and New Jersey state AG
Gurbir Grewal, director of enforcement for US Securities and Exchange CommissionPhotographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
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Gurbir Grewal, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s top enforcement official, will join law firm Milbank after he leaves the regulator later this month, according to people familiar with the matter.

Grewal will work out of Milbank’s New York office as a partner in the litigation and arbitration practice, according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified as the plans haven’t been made public. Before joining Wall Street’s main regulator, Grewal served as the attorney general for the state of New Jersey and as a federal prosecutor.