Scott D. Pomfret

Scott D. Pomfret is a securities attorney and formerly a Director in the Boston Office of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Financial Services Regulatory Practice where he conducted compliance reviews of U.S. and U.K. advisers to hedge, real estate, and private equity funds, as well as mutual fund complexes and insurance company asset management affiliates. While at PwC he conducted mock SEC exams, led registration readiness engagements for hedge funds and other money managers and conducted legal and compliance training programs.

For seven years prior to joining PwC, Scott was an attorney and then Branch Chief in the Division of Enforcement at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In that role, Scott led enforcement and examination teams investigating a wide range of traditional and alternative asset managers and issues, including mutual fund market timing, insider trading, and misrepresentations concerning assets under management, performance, and risk management. He also served as a Special Assistant to the United States Attorney in connection with the prosecution of financial fraud by the Department of Justice. Scott was a member of the SEC’s Hedge Fund Working Group and served as the SEC’s Boston Office Ethics Officer from 2003 through 2007.

Prior to joining the SEC, Scott was a litigation associate for five years at Ropes & Gray LLP, where his practice focused on responding to regulators in government enforcement matters. Scott is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and clerked for the Honorable Norman Stahl, Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Scott has published many articles and speaks regularly about regulatory issues for alternative and traditional asset managers.