Kelly L. Gibson

Kelly Gibson is the co-leader of the firm’s securities enforcement practice and the firm’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability advisory practice. She previously held numerous national and regional leadership roles at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including serving as the acting deputy director of the Division of Enforcement, as leader of the Enforcement Division’s nationwide Climate and ESG Task Force, and as director of the SEC’s Philadelphia Regional Office. Kelly advises and defends public companies, financial services clients, and their executives in SEC, self-regulatory organization (SRO), and state enforcement matters, and in internal investigations. She also uses her broad ESG enforcement and policy experience to counsel public companies and registrants as they develop proactive ESG strategies, create investment products, consider disclosure requirements, and identify investment opportunities.