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Alexander Vasilescu serves as Part-Time Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, Columbia University, while concurrently holding the position of Regional Trial Counsel in the New York Office of the Enforcement Division at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since 2005.
His professional focus centers on high-stakes securities enforcement, with expertise in:
- Complex financial fraud investigations including Ponzi schemes (Madoff, Foundation for New Era Philanthropy)
- Insider trading prosecutions (Billy Walters case)
- Regulatory violations (Regulation FD enforcement against AT&T)
- Algorithmic trading misconduct (Latour Trading, Athena Capital Research)
- Municipal securities fraud (Town of Ramapo)
Vasilescu previously practiced litigation at Kramer Levin and Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for seven years, handling pro bono cases involving housing rights, prisoner abuse, and immigrant education. At Harvard Law School, he co-created seminars on corporate restructuring and judicial injunctions under Professor Charles M. Haar.
He teaches Federal Securities Law Enforcement courses (L9998) with fieldwork components at Columbia Law School and regularly speaks at Practising Law Institute (PLI) and Center for Professional Education (CEP) conferences.
No information is available regarding student advising, research grants, laboratory teams, or scientific awards.
