James B. Amler

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New York

Tel: +1 212 909 6756

Overview

James Amler is a counsel in the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Group, Investment Management Litigation Group and FinTech Group. Mr. Amler’s ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- A major financial institution in an SEC investigation related to financial reporting issues.
- A large retail investment adviser in an investigation of the use of proprietary products in discretionary investment programs.
- A hedge fund manager in an SEC investigation related to the valuation of structured products.
- A registered investment company in an SEC investigation of alleged dealer-interposed cross-trades.
- A large retail investment adviser, in its settlement arising from the SEC’s Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative.
- Regular advice to mutual fund, hedge fund and private equity sponsors in SEC examinations.
- Cloudmode LLC in blockchain token launches.
- A major global financial institution in federal and state regulatory investigations relating to auction-rate securities.
- JPMorgan Chase in the dismissal with prejudice of a borrower class action alleging kickbacks relating to a captive mortgage reinsurance program in alleged violation of the Real Estate Settlement Practices Act.

Education

University of Michigan Law School, 2007, J.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999, B.A.

Languages

French

James Amler is a counsel in the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Group, Investment Management Litigation Group and FinTech Group. Mr. Amler’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations, securities enforcement defense and regulatory compliance matters, particularly for investment advisers and sponsors of mutual funds and private equity funds.Mr. Amler has extensive experience advising asset managers, investment advisers, insurance companies, publicly-traded companies and senior executives in complex federal and state regulatory and compliance matters, including relating to FinTech applications. Mr. Amler also has broad commercial litigation experience representing financial services companies in federal and state courts, including in securities litigation, shareholder actions and class actions. Mr. Amler received his J.D. cum laude from University of Michigan Law School, where he was a Clarence Darrow Scholar and served as executive articles editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law. He received his B.A. in International Studies from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a minor in Chemistry. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Amler worked at Insight Partners in New York in financial analysis and reporting. Mr. Amler maintains an active pro bono practice, including work with the ACLU, Amnesty International, the Immigrant and Refugee Justice Program of the City Bar Justice Center, Independent Diplomat, NYU Law School’s Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, and the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment, as well as with families of children with disabilities. He was one of the principle drafters of the widely-acclaimed report of the International Bar Association’s Presidential Task Force on Climate Change Justice and Human Rights: “Achieving Justice and Human Rights in an Era of Climate Disruption.” Mr. Amler joined the firm in 2007 and was admitted to the bar in New York in 2008. He is admitted to practice in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mr. Amler is a member of the Science & Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.