Adele Hogan is a capital markets advisor who frequently works on regulatory, bankruptcy, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions and FinTech matters, including Blockchain.  Adele has also led anti-financial crimes investigations, risk framework implementations and corporate governance matters.

Adele’s work involves diverse industries, including: financial institutions; energy and utilities; healthcare (medical devices, biotech and pharmaceuticals), leisure (gaming and hotels); real estate, telecommunications, media and technology; transportation (airlines, automotive, shipping, rail); and retail. Adele is a frequent speaker on securities regulation issues.

Adele frequently chairs and speaks at national law programs.  She has served as an adjunct law professor at Fordham University School of Law and speaks at Cornell University Law School and the Levin Institute.

Adele worked for over ten years at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, and was a partner at White & Case LLP and Linklaters LLP. Adele most recently served as director – group audit (legal and regulatory) at Deutsche Bank.

Involvement

• New York City Bar Association (Securities Regulation Committee (former Chair), Financial Reporting Committee (former Chair), Banking Law Committee, M & A Committee)
• New York State Bar Association, Business Law Section (Executive Committee)
• American Bar Association, Federal Securities Law Committee
• Association of Corporate Counsel
• 100 Women in Finance
• Women in Derivatives (WIND)
• National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
• Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals

Education

Cornell University Law School
Juris Doctor

Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts 

George M. Wilson, MBA, CPA

Director
SEC Institute, a Division of PLI

As a Director of the SEC Institute Division of PLI, George teaches workshops dealing with a variety of SEC and FASB related topics. He developed the Institute’s initial “Advanced Accounting and Reporting for SEC Professionals” workshop, as well as workshops in a variety of technical areas including “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” and SOX 404 ICFR audits. Before joining the SEC Institute, George was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, MN. He was director of the University's Accounting MBA program and also taught in the undergraduate accounting department. He has received the AICPA's Outstanding Discussion Leader Award and the Minnesota State Society's R. Glenn Berryman Award. George also served as Senior Vice President, Operations of Security Financial, where he managed the organization's initial public offering, and as a senior manager with KPMG.