Morgan Lewis

Alan Singer

Senior Counsel

Alan Singer advises companies on a wide range of securities and corporate law matters. He counsels public companies on annual and periodic US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, proxy statements, executive compensation disclosure, and beneficial ownership reporting. He also provides advice regarding corporate governance, compliance with stock exchange listing standards and other SEC regulatory and corporate matters.

Extended Profile

Alan has written on various aspects of the securities laws, including integration of public and private offerings, Internet disclosure issues, executive compensation disclosures, beneficial ownership reporting, and sales of securities in the context of employee benefit plans. He is a frequent speaker at professional and client seminars on securities law. From 1998 to 2015, Alan was a course planner and speaker for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Annual Federal Securities Law Forum.

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Alan was a branch chief in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in Washington, DC. In that role, he supervised and participated in investigations and civil actions involving financial fraud, illegal foreign payments, and other reporting violations.

Alan was chairman of the corporate, finance, and investment management practice's Legal Opinion Committee from 2007 to 2014.

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1974, J.D., Cum Laude
  • City University of New York, Brooklyn College, 1971, B.A., Magna Cum Laude

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New York

Awards and Affiliations

Ranked, Corporate/M&A: Securities, Pennsylvania, Chambers USA (2003–2019)

Lawyer of the Year, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2019)

Lawyer of the Year, Securities Regulation Law, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2018)

Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Governance Law, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2016)

Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Compliance Law, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2014)

Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Law, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2013)

Recognized, The Best Lawyers in America (2006–2019)

Recognized, Acritas Star Lawyer (2017, 2018)

Selected for inclusion in the BTI Client Service All-Star Team 2010 following client nomination

Publications

8/9/2018 - SEC Amends Rule 701 to Increase Enhanced Disclosure Threshold to $10 Million, ML BeneBits

6/21/2018 - Major Change in Rule 701 Disclosure Requirements, ML BeneBits

July 2016 - Thanks For (Less Than) Nothing: Section 72001 of the FAST Act and the SEC’s interim Final Rule, INSIGHTS

4/22/2016 - New FASB Rules on Equity Compensation Withholding: Issues, ML BeneBits

4/21/2016 - New FASB Rules on Equity Compensation Withholding: Summary, ML BeneBits

August 2015 - SEC Adopts Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule

July 2015 - SEC Proposes Rules Requiring Companies to Adopt, Disclose, and Comply With Clawback Policies on Erroneously Awarded Executive Compensation

May 2015 - SEC Proposes Pay Versus Performance Rules

7/24/2013 - SEC Approves General Solicitation in Private Offerings and Proposes Further Regulation D Amendments

9/10/2012 - SEC Proposes to Permit General Solicitation in Private Offerings

6/27/2012 - Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: A Comprehensive Overview — distributed at the “Look Before You Leap! Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act Event” Hosted by Morgan Lewis, Morgan Stanley, and Ernst & Young

10/5/2011 - Co-presenter, Executive Compensation and Say-on-Pay in 2012: Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx, presented for a Morgan Lewis Executive Compensation Roundtable, Pittsburgh

2/17/2011 - Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (DELVACCA Corporate and Securities Law CLE Institute, "Dodd-Frank’s Corporate Governance and Whistleblower Provisions: Implications and Strategies.”

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News

8/20/2018 - The Best Lawyers in America Names 18 Morgan Lewis Lawyers Practice-Specific ‘Lawyers of the Year,’ Recognizes Additional 203 Morgan Lewis Lawyers

12/15/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises Iron Mountain in Acquisition of IO Data Centers’ US Operations

10/13/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises CarGurus in Initial Public Offering

6/23/2014 - Oracle To Acquire Morgan Lewis Client MICROS Systems

Events

2/2/2016 - 2016 SEC and Corporate Governance Update

2/12/2015 - SEC Developments and Trends for the 2015 Proxy Season — February 2015

1/27/2015 - SEC Developments and Trends for the 2015 Proxy Season — January 2015

6/27/2012 - Look Before You Leap! Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act

1/27/2012 - 2012 SEC Hot Topics Roundtable

10/5/2011 - Say-on-Pay in 2012: Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx

5/24/2011 - Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals Middle Atlantic Chapter – Spring Conference