Alexandra V. Bargoot

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Alexandra Bargoot is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Private Equity & Hedge Fund Litigation Group. Her practice includes a variety of complex commercial litigation matters, with a focus on private investments funds, involving both private disputes and regulatory issues.

Alexandra assists clients on matters involving SEC investigations, pay to play violations, private actions, sales of investments, investigations of aiding and abetting, arbitration award enforcement, among other areas of expertise.

During her time at Cornell Law School, Alexandra served as senior online notes editor for the Cornell International Law Journal. She also clerked for Judge Frederick Brown of the Massachusetts Appeals Court in the summer of 2014.

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An increasingly sophisticated and active OCIE division, innovative market disruptors, a maturing credit cycle, and a philosophical change in how the private fund industry views and utilizes litigation are likely to lead to increased regulatory scrutiny and litigation risk for advisers (and their funds) in 2019.  With that backdrop, we are pleased to present our Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2019.…
Potential disputes involving unicorns have been a hot topic for the last several years.  We predicted that would continue this year in in our webinar and related blog post: The Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2018.  In April, the Regional Director of the SEC’s San Francisco office, Jina Choi, confirmed this in her comments during a San Francisco Federal Bar Association panel.  Specifically, Ms. Choi discussed the SEC’s…
With the public equity markets at an all-time high and private equity fund raising setting new records, it might seem counterintuitive to forecast litigation and regulatory risks.  The opposite is true.  Disputes typically follow capital, and the steeper the growth curve, the greater the risk of litigation and regulatory scrutiny.  With that backdrop, we are pleased to present our Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2018. 1. Regulatory Scrutiny Involving Cryptocurrencies…
If a team from the SEC arrives at your office and says, “We are conducting an on-site examination and would like to talk to the CCO right now,” are you prepared? A handful of registered investment advisers have faced surprise SEC exams in recent months. These exams come in two flavors: either a “for cause” exam arising from SEC staff concerns relating to a specific ongoing issue, or a standard exam that for some reason…
Last night, the SEC announced its enforcement results for the Fiscal Year 2017, accompanied by a report from the Co-Directors of its Division of Enforcement.  While the total number of actions was down slightly from 2016, the percentage of those cases involving investment advisers or investment companies – 18% – remained consistent, and amounted to over 80 cases. Similarly, insider trading cases remained about 9% of the actions filed.  The Annual Report specifically…
Unicorns: The Tale Continues
The recent IPOs of Snap, Inc. and Blue Apron indicate that while the IPO pipeline continues to flow, there may be a cautionary tale for “unicorns” – venture-backed companies with estimated valuations in excess of $1 billion. After Snap went public in March, it posted a $2.2 billion loss in its first quarter, yielding a 20% same-day drop in stock price that erased much of the company’s gains since its IPO. A snapshot of Snap’s…
Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”) are generating attention from both investors and the SEC. Investors’ interest is indicated by the more than $1.2 billion that ICOs reportedly have raised so far this year.  Meanwhile, the SEC has recently asserted its authority in the space, releasing a report stating that digital tokens issued by ICO platform “The DAO” qualify as securities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as investment contracts…