• People
  • Practices
  • COVID-19 Resources
  • Insights
    • Firm News
    • Press Releases
    • Publications
    • Webcasts
    • Podcasts
    • Subscribe
    • Media Contacts
  • Careers
    • Career Opportunities
    • Attorney Development
    • Contact Us
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Awards & Accolades
    • Offices
    • Diversity
    • Pro Bono
    • Alumni
    • Contact Us
  • Search
  • Biography
  • Education
  • Recent Publications
Profile Picture

Barry Goldsmith

Barry
Goldsmith

Partner

CONTACT INFO

bgoldsmith@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 212.351.2440

FAX:+1 212.351.5340

New York

200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-0193 USA

Washington, D.C.

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA

  • Print
  • |
  • Share
  • |
  • vCard

PRACTICE

Securities Enforcement Anti-Corruption & FCPA Investment Funds Securities Litigation Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

Barry R. Goldsmith is a partner in the New York and Washington, D.C., offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Mr. Goldsmith is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Securities Enforcement Practice Group, Securities Litigation Practice Group, and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group.  Mr. Goldsmith’s practice focuses on the representation of securities firms, brokers/dealers, investment companies and investment advisers and other financial institutions, issuers and their employees in investigations and litigation with the SEC, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and state securities regulators and attorneys general.

Mr. Goldsmith is consistently ranked as one of the top Securities Regulatory and Enforcement attorneys in the nation by Chambers USA:  America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Institutional Investor’s Benchmark Litigation Guide and The Best Lawyers in America®.  Best Lawyers named him New York City Securities Regulation ”Lawyer of the Year” for 2015 and 2018, in addition to 2014 New York City Litigation ‒ Securities “Lawyer of the Year.” Mr. Goldsmith was also recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington’s Top Lawyers for securities law, and BTI Consulting named him to its “BTI Client Service All-Stars” list.  Chambers notes that Mr. Goldsmith is well regarded for his background at the SEC and FINRA.  He is “one of the leading lawyers in this area” and is continually “brought in on very interesting, bet-the-company cases,” having “terrific practical implications for his advice as well as his credibility within the SEC,” “great instincts and great insights into the regulators,” and has an “ability to keep the big picture in mind while paying attention to the details.”

Mr. Goldsmith is a frequent speaker on securities enforcement and regulatory issues at industry, legal and media sponsored conferences.  He has also authored and co-authored numerous securities industry related articles.

Mr. Goldsmith joined Gibson Dunn in 2006 after serving as Executive Vice President for Enforcement of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) now FINRA, the primary private-sector regulator of the country’s securities industry.  Mr. Goldsmith was NASD’s top enforcement official responsible for formulating its national enforcement policy and overseeing investigations and cases.  Prior to his 10-year tenure at NASD, Mr. Goldsmith served as Chief Litigation Counsel at the SEC where he was responsible for all enforcement litigation brought by the agency.

Mr. Goldsmith brings a wealth of experience to Gibson Dunn.  He oversaw NASD’s enforcement division during a period of major change and enforcement activity on Wall Street.  He was responsible for major NASD enforcement initiatives involving IPO allocation practices, research analyst conflicts of interest, fixed income abuses, variable annuity and life insurance sales practices, as well as mutual fund and hedge fund sales and marketing activities.  As Chief Litigation Counsel at the SEC, Mr. Goldsmith had significant responsibilities for the SEC’s landmark cases against Drexel Burnham Lambert, Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky and Paul Bilzerian.  He successfully tried precedent-setting enforcement actions against Victor and Steven Posner where he obtained the first ever SEC-litigated officer and director bar and the SEC’s first litigated “stock parking” case against First City Financial Corp. and Mark Belzberg.

Mr. Goldsmith joined NASD in 1996.  During his tenure, he more than doubled the number of enforcement staff under his direction and significantly increased the number of new enforcement actions by NASD’s 16 offices throughout the country.  Prior to serving as head of enforcement at NASD, Mr. Goldsmith was at the Division of Enforcement at the SEC for 10 years, serving as Chief Litigation Counsel from 1993 to 1996 and Senior Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel from 1990 to 1993.

Prior to the SEC, Mr. Goldsmith was a litigation partner with a Washington, D.C., law firm and served as a law clerk to a federal district judge.

Mr. Goldsmith received his Juris Doctor in 1975 from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as lead articles editor of Law and Policy in International Business.  Mr. Goldsmith graduated magna cum laude in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1972.

EDUCATION

Georgetown University - 1975 Juris Doctor

University of Pennsylvania - 1972 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - February 2, 2023 | 2022 Year-End Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - August 11, 2022 | 2022 Mid-Year Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - January 19, 2022 | 2021 Year-End Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - January 19, 2021 | 2020 Year-End Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - January 13, 2021 | Supreme Court Vacates Second Circuit Ruling Expanding Insider Trading Liability
Client Alert - December 18, 2020 | Congress Buries Expansion of SEC Disgorgement Authority in Annual Defense Budget
Firm News - December 10, 2020 | Twelve Partners Named 2020 BTI Client Service All-Stars
Client Alert - December 7, 2020 | SEC Brings First Enforcement Action Against a Public Company for Misleading Disclosures About the Financial Impacts of the Pandemic
Publications - August 20, 2020 | Aggressive SEC Enforcement Actions Could Limit Small Business Recovery Resources
Publications - June 30, 2020 | Supreme Court Reins In, But Does Not Overturn, SEC’s Disgorgement Authority
Publications - June 5, 2020 | What To Know About Short-Seller Risks During Pandemic
Client Alert - March 26, 2020 | SEC Enforcement Focus on Fallout from COVID-19: Insights for Public Companies and Investment Advisers During a Crisis
Client Alert - January 8, 2020 | United States v. Blaszczak: Second Circuit Ruling Heightens Risks of Insider Trading Investigations and Prosecutions
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Firm News - May 3, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Earns 70 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2018
Client Alert - September 28, 2015 | SEC Moves in the Right Direction with Proposed Amendments to Rules Governing Administrative Proceedings, but the Changes Do Not Go Far Enough
Client Alert - April 2, 2015 | SEC Brings First Enforcement Action Challenging Employee Confidentiality Agreement Alleged to Impede Whistleblowers
Client Alert - September 11, 2014 | SEC Enforcement Actions Over Stock Transaction Reporting Obligations Offer Reminders for Public Companies and Their Insiders
Client Alert - July 15, 2013 | 2013 Mid-Year Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - January 9, 2013 | 2012 Year-End Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - July 16, 2012 | 2012 Mid-Year Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - April 1, 2012 | Regulatory Rules: FINRA and SEC Compliance in the Use of Social Media
Client Alert - March 20, 2012 | SEC Makes First Public Announcement of Credit to an Individual for Cooperation in an Investigation
Client Alert - February 6, 2012 | Securities Enforcement 2011 — What Hath Dodd Frank Wrought?
Client Alert - January 10, 2012 | 2011 Year-End Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - July 18, 2011 | 2011 Mid-Year Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - March 31, 2011 | The Expansion of SEC Enforcement Under the Dodd-Frank Act
Client Alert - February 28, 2011 | Securities Enforcement 2010 Year-End Review
Client Alert - January 10, 2011 | 2010 Year-End Securities Enforcement Update
Article - November 17, 2010 | SEC Proposes New Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rule
Client Alert - November 5, 2010 | U.S. SEC Proposes and Seeks Comment on New Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rule
Client Alert - July 12, 2010 | 2010 Mid Year Securities Enforcement Update
Client Alert - January 14, 2010 | SEC’s Initiative to Foster Cooperation — Perspective and Analysis
Client Alert - January 12, 2010 | Annual Review of SEC Enforcement 2009: A Year of Changes, with More to Come
Client Alert - July 9, 2009 | The SEC in Transition: A Mid-Year Review of SEC Enforcement in 2009
Client Alert - June 4, 2009 | SEC Obtains Jury Verdict Against Former Head of Kmart
Client Alert - May 28, 2009 | The Perils of an SEC Investigation
Article - March 11, 2009 | Hedge Funds in the Crosshairs: The Year in Review
Client Alert - February 6, 2009 | SEC Chairman Schapiro Announces Changes to Enforcement Process
Client Alert - January 9, 2009 | 2008 Year-End Hedge Fund Update: Enforcement and Regulatory Developments and Compliance Considerations
Client Alert - September 24, 2008 | The SEC’s Market Manipulation Investigation Is Expanding: What Hedge Funds, Broker/Dealers and Other Large Institutional Investors Should Know
Article - August 29, 2008 | U.S. SEC Obtains Asset Freeze In United Kingdom Against U.K. Citizen Who Is Principal Of SEC-Registered Hedge Fund (BNA’s International World Securities Law Report)
Article - July 28, 2008 | SEC Obtains Asset Freeze in the United Kingdom Against Hedge Fund Principal (HedgeWorld)
Client Alert - July 15, 2008 | Regulatory Crackdown on the Spreading of False Rumors: 10 Preventative Steps to Consider
Client Alert - June 11, 2007 | Latest SEC Reminder About Managing Conflicts within Financial Institutions — Have You Tested Your Walls Lately?
Client Alert - June 30, 2006 | Former Senior Enforcement Official Discusses SEC Expectations, Enron, SRO Consolidations and the Pros and Cons of Cooperating with Regulators
  • Sitemap
  • Client Extranet
  • Legal Notices
  • Modern Slavery Statement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Notice
  • Contact Us
©Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2023. All rights reserved.
Top