K. Susan Grafton Joins Dechert as Partner in Washington

Financial Services leader Dechert LLP announced today that it has expanded its broker-dealer and investment management practice with the addition of K. Susan Grafton as a partner in the Washington, DC office.

“Susan brings a wealth of experience to our firm, having worked in-house on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs, in significant positions at the SEC, and as a highly regarded private practitioner,” said Robert W. Helm, a leader of Dechert’s global Financial Services Practice. “We are extremely fortunate that she has chosen to join our broker-dealer and financial markets teams.”

In addition to working at several international law firms, she previously was an in-house counsel for Goldman Sachs and spent several years with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Trading and Markets.

“I am very excited to join Dechert and leverage the strength of its globally recognized financial services practice on behalf of my clients,” Grafton said. “I look forward to working with the team and contributing to the firm’s continued success.”

Grafton is a graduate of McDaniel College (B.A., 1980), Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (J.D., 1985) and Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1989). She is a member of the bars of New York and the District of Columbia.

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