Pam Ellis, a member of Sutherland’s Financial Services Practice Group, concentrates her practice on the federal registration and regulation of investment-oriented insurance products. She assists insurance companies and other financial services clients with the design and implementation of a variety of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered and unregistered investment products. Pam counsels SEC reporting companies regarding their registration, compliance, reporting and disclosure requirements under federal securities laws. She also represents financial institutions sponsoring “529 Plans” as well as other service providers focused on that sector.

Pam previously spent six years on staff of the SEC. She was an attorney adviser and then Senior Counsel in the Office of Public Utility Regulation, where she was involved in extensive projects relating to both domestic and international utility mergers and acquisitions. Pam then joined the SEC’s Office of Insurance Products as Senior Counsel, working on projects affecting variable insurance product issuers.