Vincente (Vince) Martinez is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he focuses on government enforcement matters.
Mr. Martinez most recently served as the Chief of the Office of Market Intelligence (OMI) in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement. OMI’s mission is to conduct market surveillance, support trading-based investigations, and collect, analyze, and disseminate tips, complaints, referrals, and other forms of intelligence submitted to the SEC by the public, whistleblowers, self-regulatory organizations, and other government agencies. During his tenure as Chief of OMI, Mr. Martinez oversaw efforts to remove dormant shell companies from the market, support an enforcement sweep of violations of Regulation M Rule 105, and identify broker-dealers not in compliance with their Bank Secrecy Act obligations.