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Morris N. Simkin

Morris N. Simkin

Counsel

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
simkin@clm.com
phone: 212-732-3200
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Corporate, Securities

Practice Description

Corporate, securities, and securities regulation.

Education

  • B.A., 1963 Oberlin College (with honors)
  • J.D., 1966 University of Michigan Law School

Admissions

  • 1966 Pennsylvania
  • 1974 New York
  • 1974 U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • 1977 U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association (Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities and the Committee on Developments in Investment Services)
  • New York State Bar Association (Committee on Securities Regulation, Committee on Banking Law, and the Executive Committee of Business Law Section)

Publications Available on this website...

"Administration Proposes Regulation of Over-The-Counter Derivatives," Client Advisory, May 18, 2009; "SEC Proposes Five Short Sale Price Rules," Client Advisory, April 30, 2009; "SEC Press Release on Proposed Short Sale Price Test," Client Advisory, April 9, 2009; "Madoff Securities Task Force Update: IRS Issues Helpful Guidance," Client Advisory, March 18, 2009; "SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule 15a-6 for Non-U.S. Broker-Dealers," Client Advisory, February 2, 2009; "Madoff Securities Task Force Update: March 4, 2009 Deadline," Client Advisory, January 8, 2009; "Madoff Securities Task Force," Client Advisory, December 30, 2008

Additional Publications

“Brokers Must Adapt to New Technologies,” International Financial Law Review, March 1998; “Trust Preferred Securities: A Banker's Primer,” The Banking Law Journal, June 1997; “Derivative Usage by Insurers and Reinsurers,” Mealey's Litigation Reports, Vol. 17, No. 14, November 20, 1996; “Private Placement Offerees: Expanding the Search,” New York Law Journal, October 31, 1996; “MD&A: When to Include Forward-Looking Statements,” New York Law Journal, May 16, 1996; “Solving Problems in Financing Inventory Marked or Identified to the Borrower's Customer,” Commercial Lending Review, Winter 1995-96.

Prior Experience

  • 2005-2008 Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • 1997-2005 Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
  • 1967-1972 Special Counsel, Securities and Echange Commission