The former acting head of the
Berger, 46, will join as a partner starting in June, the New York-based firm said. In January, he stepped down from overseeing the SEC’s 1,400 member enforcement division. Berger also headed the agency’s New York office from December 2017 until being named deputy director of enforcement in August 2020.
An Assistant U.S. Attorney in Manhattan from 2002 to 2014, Berger joins fellow SEC alums at Simpson Thacher including