Robert B. Kaplan

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Washington, D.C.

Tel: +1 202 383 8060

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Robert Kaplan is a litigation partner based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He has significant experience with a broad range of securities-related ... Read Full Biography

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New York University School of Law, 1992, J.D.
Columbia University, 1989, A.B.

Robert Kaplan is a litigation partner based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He has significant experience with a broad range of securities-related enforcement and compliance issues, including those involving requirements affecting SEC-registered investment advisors affiliated with hedge funds, private equity funds, investment companies, mutual funds and separately managed accounts. In 2017, Securities Docket recognized him as one of the “best and brightest in securities enforcement defense.” Prior to joining Debevoise, Mr. Kaplan was Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement. In this role, he co-led a team of 75 lawyers and industry experts focused on investigations related to potential violations of securities laws by advisors to hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds and separately managed accounts. He partnered with senior leadership in other divisions of the SEC to establish law enforcement priorities in the asset management industry and developed cross-agency initiatives to proactively detect violations in emerging risk areas. During his seventeen-year tenure at the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, Mr. Kaplan served as Assistant Director from 2004 to 2010, Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in the Division’s Trial Unit from 1998 to 2004, and Staff Attorney and Senior Counsel from 1995 to 1998. He played a leading role in SEC enforcement actions across a variety of areas, including in actions related to investment advisors, financial fraud, auditors, the FCPA, broker-dealers and insider trading. Mr. Kaplan has won several prestigious awards for his service in the Division of Enforcement, including the Chairman’s Award for Excellence and the Arthur F. Mathews Award. Prior to joining the SEC, Mr. Kaplan was a litigation associate in the New York office of a Philadelphia firm, where he worked on a variety of securities litigation and enforcement matters. Mr. Kaplan joined Debevoise in 2012. He received his J.D. from New York University in 1992, where he was the research and writing editor of the NYU Moot Court Board, and his A.B. from Columbia University in 1989.

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