During his tenure as Enforcement Counsel to the Chair, Victor advised him on the broad array of enforcement-related matters before the SEC and across the breadth of the agency’s statutes (the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act, and the Investment Company Act) and related regulations, federal court litigations—including appeals and U.S. Supreme Court cases—and agency proceedings and adjudications, enforcement sweeps and initiatives, market events and crises, as well as public-relations and legislative-affairs matters. In addition, Victor advised the Chair and other executive staff on enforcement strategy and policy, including on high-profile cases and initiatives, on rulemakings and proposed legislation, and on digital asset securities and crypto-related matters. He represented the Chair with other Commissioners and their offices, all SEC Divisions and Offices, and other agencies on enforcement matters.
While at the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, including as a Senior Trial Counsel, Victor investigated—often in parallel with federal and state criminal authorities—and litigated federal securities law violations in district court and administrative proceedings, and directed receivership and post-judgment proceedings—including overseeing court-appointed receivers and developing liquidation and distribution plans. His cases and investigations included insider trading, accounting and offering frauds, market manipulations, unregistered offerings, violations of Regulation FD, the Custody Rule, and anti-money-laundering and anti-touting provisions, and suspected digital asset frauds. Victor received the 2021 Joseph Boryshansky Award in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to litigation in the New York Regional Office and the SEC.
In private practice before joining the SEC staff, Victor represented multinational companies, small businesses, and individuals in multinational litigations, criminal, agency, and internal investigations, and commercial and other disputes. His clients included investment banks, manufacturers in multiple industries, a ratings agency, a cable company, and the audit committees of public companies. In addition to assisting the federal monitor of a medical device manufacturer, Victor worked on several sensitive internal investigations and similar matters, including a quasi-governmental institution and the NYPD’s Crime Reporting Review Commission.
Victor has extensive experience developing and implementing litigation, appellate, and investigation strategies, including in multi-jurisdiction litigations and investigations with international components, particularly in the context of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He has argued cases before trial and appellate courts, administrative law judges, and referees. Victor handled numerous appeals, formulating appellate strategies and drafting briefs.
Victor clerked for the Hon. Maryanne Trump Barry of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Victor graduated from New York Law School, summa cum laude, in 2005, where he was a John Marshall Harlan Scholar and Executive Articles Editor of the New York Law School Law Review. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), and the Federal Bar Council.
