Susan Krawczyk is a member of Sutherland’s Financial Services Practice Group and focuses her practice on regulatory and compliance issues for broker-dealers and investment advisers in the retail, institutional and retirement markets. She works with firms in establishing marketing and compensation arrangements, developing sales programs, and implementing appropriate compliance systems and procedures. She has particular experience with firms involved in the sale and distribution of various investment products and programs, such as mutual funds, variable products, real estate investment trusts, business development companies and direct participation programs. Susan has been closely involved with numerous organizations in the establishment and reorganization of broker-dealer firms and has developed and conducted training programs for all levels in broker-dealer firms, including sales representatives, field supervisors, home office personnel and boards of directors.
Susan represents clients before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). She also has served on FINRA’s Variable Products Committee.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, The Virginia Bar Association
- Member, National Society of Compliance Professionals
- Member, Association of Life Insurance Counsel
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Author, “Broker-Dealer Regulation,” Chapter 8: Customer Accounts and Chapter 9: Compensation, Practising Law Institute
- Author, “Investment Adviser Regulation,” Chapter 31: Financial Planning Under the Advisers Act, Practising Law Institute
- Co-author, “Resolved: FINRA Should Review These 10 Outdated Rules,” AdvisorOne (July 2012)
- Author, “Compensation Practices for Retail Sales of Mutual Funds,” Journal of Investment Compliance (Spring 2004)
- Author, “Reorganizing Insurance Company Separate Accounts Under Federal Securities Laws,” ABA Business Lawyer (February 1991)
- Author, “Regulation and Distribution of Variable Insurance Products,” Chapter 11, NASD Regulation of Product Distribution
- Speaker, “The Customer Relationship,” PLI’s Fundamentals of Broker-Dealer Regulation 2013 (June 24, 2013)
- Speaker, “Top 10 for 2012: 10 Pending Developments All Wealth Management/ Compliance Lawyers Should Be Watching,” Wealth Management/HIMCO Law and Compliance Law Day, Hartford, Connecticut (March 2, 2012)
- Speaker, “Hot Topics for BDCs and IAs,” Wealth Management/HIMCO Law and Compliance Law Day, Hartford, Connecticut (March 2, 2012)
- Speaker, “Hot Topics Mutual Funds and Retirement Plans,” Wealth Management/HIMCO Law and Compliance Law Day, Hartford, Connecticut (March 2, 2012)
- Speaker, “Broker-Dealers: Testing and Risk Assessment,” NSCP Regional Meeting (April 2011)
- Speaker, Webinar: “Real Estate Funds and Alternative Investments: Impact of Recent FINRA Developments” (March 25, 2010)
- Speaker, PLI's Fundamentals of Broker-Dealer Regulation 2009 (June 29, 2009)
- Speaker, PLI: The ABCs of Broker-Dealer Regulation (2006-2009)
- Speaker, Sutherland Securities Symposium (April 21, 2009)
- Speaker, Sutherland Securities Symposium (July 31, 2008)
- Speaker, ACLI Compliance and Legal Sections Annual Meeting (2005, 2007, 2008)
- Speaker, Sutherland Independent Broker-Dealer Regulatory Forum (April 16, 2008)
- Speaker, “Risk Management - What Have We Learned,” NAVA 2006 Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Conference (June 25-27, 2006)
- Speaker, ALI-ABA: Investment Adviser Regulation: Financial Planning After the Adoption of SEC Rule 202(a)(11)-1 (January 27, 2006)
- Panelist, “Mapping the New Regulatory Landscape: What are the recent SEC, NASD and State regulatory developments and enforcement actions? What does it mean for you?” Variable Products Legal and Compliance Forum 2006 (January 18, 2006)
- Speaker, NSCP National Membership Meeting, Broker-Dealer Books and Records Requirements (October 24, 2005)
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