ACGC Virtual Roundtable: "What to Expect from the SEC in 2026 and Beyond"

"What to Expect from the SEC in 2026 and Beyond"

an ACGC Virtual Roundtable Event

Featured Speakers Include: 

• Stephanie Avakian, Partner at WilmerHale, and former Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement
• Dalia Osman Blass, Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, former Director of the SEC's Division of Investment Management
• Brett W. Redfearn, Founder and CEO at Panorama Financial Markets Advisory
• Steven Solomon, Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, and ACGC Fellow

The panel will be moderated by the Hon. Dan Gallagher, Chief Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs Officer, Robinhood, former SEC Commissioner, and ACGC Fellow

ABOUT THE EVENT

Since becoming SEC Chair, Paul Atkins has initiated many wide-ranging actions and has often moved the SEC in a completely different direction than the prior administration. For example, Chair Atkins has focused on “Making IPOs Great Again” by, among other things, reducing the complexity of being a public company, eliminate “disclosure bloat”, proposed allowing companies to move to semiannual reporting and putting forward a policy statement allowing companies to include mandatory arbitration provisions in their charters. In addition to disclosure issues and IPOs, Chair Atkins is working to substantially modify the Wells process as well as refocus the Division of Enforcement in many ways and has initiated “Project Crypto” to modernize the securities laws to make the US the “crypto capital of the world".

What is the impact of Chair Atkins’ actions and policy statements? What steps will he take to implement his decisions, and how will the Commission evolve in the coming year?

READING MATERIALS

• More details coming soon

ACGC Members: Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Dial-in details will be provided to members only and to those who RSVP.