Sarah Mallett

Sarah Mallett is a partner in Kirkland’s Government, Regulatory, and Internal Investigations group. A former Assistant Director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, Sarah’s practice focuses on advising and representing public companies, private equity firms, asset managers, financial institutions, and other entities and individuals facing government, regulatory, or internal investigations, examinations, and enforcement proceedings.
During her more than seven years at the SEC, Sarah supervised or served as the primary attorney on countless investigations, including multiple complex and high-profile enforcement actions, national priority investigations, sweep investigations and parallel investigations with the DOJ, FINRA, and other federal or state regulatory and law enforcement authorities.
Sarah received her B.B.A., Finance from the University of Texas at Austin, and her Juris Doctor from SMU’s Dedman School of Law.