Co-leader of Morgan Lewis’s global financial institutions practice, Christine Lombardo advises investment managers and broker-dealers on financial regulatory matters. She concentrates her practice on securities regulation for a broad range of financial firms including retail asset managers, private fund managers, family offices, broker-dealers, other professional traders, and high-net-worth individuals. Christine also counsels legal, compliance, and business personnel on the structure, operation, and distribution of advisory programs, including digital advisory offerings, and investment products, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and other alternative investment products.
Christine also counsels financial firms through examinations by industry regulators, as well as on enforcement related matters. She previously served as a co-leader of the firm’s financial technology (fintech) industry team. Before joining Morgan Lewis, she was an associate at an international law firm in New York and worked for the Division of Enforcement at FINRA.
Ranked, Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, USA, Chambers Global (2021-2024)
Ranked, Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2020-2024)
Ranked, USA: FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing, Chambers FinTech (2024)
Recommended, Media, technology and telecoms: Fintech, The Legal 500 US (2023, 2024)
Member, Best ETF Law Firm, ETF Express US Awards (2021, 2022)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Asset Management, Law360 (2017)