Kevin Petrasic, Partner, White & Case LLP to Speak at the Knowledge Group’s Secured GC: Practical Guide and Best Practices in Responding to a Data Breach Live Webcast

New York, NY, September 01, 2016 --(PR.com)-- About Kevin Petrasic

Kevin Petrasic is a banking partner and Global Head of the Financial Institutions Advisory practice of White & Case LLP, based in the Firm’s New York and Washington, DC offices. He advises banks and financial firms on regulatory, transactional, compliance, supervisory, enforcement, legislative, and policy issues. His clients include domestic and foreign banks, investment banks, private equity and hedge funds, investment managers and advisers, securities firms, insurance companies, payments companies, and FinTech firms.

Kevin has extensive experience in Dodd-Frank compliance, bank holding company regulation, anti-money laundering issues and OFAC compliance, credit card and consumer financial compliance laws, UDAAP issues, data privacy and data breach issues, compliance laws impacting payments systems, mergers and acquisitions, bank powers and activities, legislative matters, mortgage market regulation, and corporate governance.

He has over 20 years of government experience, including serving as Special Counsel, Managing Director of External Affairs, Director of Congressional Affairs, Legislative Counsel, and Assistant Chief Counsel at the US Treasury Department's Office of Thrift Supervision, as well as Counsel to the former US House Banking Committee.

About White & Case LLP

White & Case is an international law firm that serves companies, governments and financial institutions, and is consistently ranked at the top of the list of global law firms. The Firm’s Financial Institutions Advisory practice advises on a wide range of issues affecting banks and nonbank financial firms, including regulatory and compliance matters; transactions and structuring; disputes, enforcement and investigations; risk management and legal assistance in day-to-day operations; and cross-border legal and regulatory implications for firms with a global multijurisdictional presence. The Firm’s clients include domestic and international banking organizations, investment banks, and an extensive list of nonbank financial firms that includes investment funds and advisers, private equity and hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, outsourcing and other third party service providers, Fintech enterprises, and other key players in the financial industry sector. The Firm also advises many of the largest banks in the US, UK, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Event Synopsis:

Data breaches have significantly transformed the corporate landscape and the role of general counsel. General counsel are expected to drive an effective and comprehensive data breach response in order to overcome the technical, regulatory, and legal difficulties escalating from the breach.

In this Live Webcast, a seasoned panel of thought leaders and professionals assembled by The Knowledge Group will provide the audience with the Practical Guide and Best Practices in Responding to a Data Breach. Speakers will also help the audience understand the importance of this significant topic.

Key topics include:

§ Risks and Pitfalls in a Data Breach
§ Security-Related Service Responsibilities
§ Addressing Cyber Security Issues
§ Identifying Effective and Efficient Data Breach Response
§ Recent Trends and Insights

About The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Group was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register for an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/.