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Steven J. Insel

Steven J. Insel is a partner in the corporate and securities law practice at the firm of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Insel specializes in investment adviser and broker dealer matters in addition to other areas of regulation of financial and professional services. He has represented some of the largest financial institutions in the world, and also many boutique wealth management firms and investment banks. Mr. Insel has been counsel in the initial formation of, or acquisition of, approximately 100 broker-dealers and investment advisers.Mr. Insel has represented 35 accounting and business management firms with respect to their entry into financial services and in other regulatory matters. Mr. Insel has represented many consolidators of broker-dealer, investment adviser, insurance and business services firms.Mr. Insel has also represented hundreds of the top financial advisers in the United States in negotiating changes in firms, retention packages, setting up their own firms, and in regulatory investigations and arbitration matters.Mr. Insel has been a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants Financial Services Task Force and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Business & Corporations Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, where he was also Co Chairman of the Investment Adviser Sub-Committee.Mr. Insel received his B.S. degree from Cornell University and his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.Phone: (310) 201-3581