Daniel Gallagher, who is stepping down as chief legal officer of Mylan NV next week, plans to join WilmerHale as deputy chair of the law firm’s securities practice.
The move will be a homecoming for Gallagher, who was a partner at WilmerHale in Washington before being appointed as a Republican member of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2011. Gallagher will start in early September, the firm said.
During his four-year tenure as an SEC commissioner, Gallagher was a critic of many of the regulations placed on Wall Street after the financial crisis. He also advocated for overhauling the agency’s ...