Eva Ciko Carman

Publications

• Co-author, “SEC Enforcement: A Practical Guide for Private Equity Fund Managers,” The Securities Litigation Review (June 3, 2022) 
• Quoted, “Ropes & Gray Rolls Out Red Carpet For Office Return,” Law360 (November 9, 2021)
• Quoted, “New SEC Regime’s Private-Equity Priorities Take Shape,” WSJ Pro Private Equity  (June 17, 2021)
• Co-author, “SEC Enforcement: A Practical Guide for Private Equity Fund Managers,” The Securities Litigation Review, Seventh Edition (July 2021)
• Co-author, “SEC Enforcement: A Practical Guide for Private Equity Fund Managers,” The Securities Litigation Review, Sixth Edition (July 2020)
• Quoted, “OCIE’s Targeting of ESG Investing Practices in Recent Examinations and What It Means for Hedge Fund Managers,” The Hedge Fund Law Report (June 11, 2020)
• Featured, “Notable Women in Law: Eva Carman,” Crain’s New York Business (December 16, 2019)
• Co-author, “SEC Enforcement Against Private Equity: A Practical Guide for Private Funds,” The Securities Litigation Review, Fifth Edition (July 2019)
• Co-author, “Regulatory Issues in Marketing PE Funds,” Private Funds Management Yearbook (December 2018)
• Quoted, “How to cope with an SEC exam,” Private Funds Management (June 28, 2018)
• Co-author, “SEC Priorities for Private Equity and Real Estate Advisers,” The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation (October 11, 2017)
• Co-author, “SEC Enforcement Against Private Equity: A Practical Guide for Private Funds,”The Securities Litigation Review Third Edition (July 2017)
• Co-author, “10th Circuit Ruling on SEC’s Use of Administrative Law Judges Creates Circuit Split,” Westlaw Journal Securities Litigation & Regulation (April 27, 2017)
• Co-author, “Conflicts: It’s Not Just Fees and Expenses,” American Investment Council (March 28, 2017)
• Quoted, “SEC tightens the private equity screw,” Private Equity International (October 3, 2016)
• Quoted, “Private Equity Self-Polices in Face of SEC Scrutiny, But Is It Enough?” The Wall Street Journal Private Equity Pro (September 29, 2016)
• Quoted, “7 SEC Actions PE Attys Should Know Inside And Out,” Law360 (September 22, 2016)
• Quoted, “Fees, Conflicts, Investment Allocations and Other Hot Topics Hedge Fund Managers Should Expect During an SEC Examination (Part Two of Two),” The Hedge Fund Law Report (June 30, 2016)
• Quoted, “What Hedge Fund Managers Need to Know About Getting Through an SEC Examination (Part One of Two),” The Hedge Fund Law Report (June 16, 2016)
• Quoted, “SEC sharpens private equity focus,” IFLR (April 26, 2016)
• Quoted, “Disclose Even Borderline Conflicts, PE Shops Told,” Compliance Reporter (March 18, 2016)
• Co-author, “Circuit Split on Dodd-Frank Act Whistleblower Provision,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (Sept. 16, 2015)
• Contributing Author, “The Operating Partner in Private Equity,” Private Equity International, Volume 2 (July 2015)
• Co-author, “Mind your step! Avoiding the legal pitfalls of being an operating partner,” Operating Partner in Private Equity, Volume 2 (Private Equity International, June 2015)
• Co-Author, “The SEC’s Current Views on Private Equity,” Law360 (June 1, 2015)
• Quoted, “Is an SEC Exam Inevitable?,” Financial Executives International (Oct. 20, 2014)
• Quoted, “Ropes & Gray continues expansion of contentious regulatory practice,” IFLR 1000 (Sept. 29, 2014)
• Co-author, “Takeaways From SEC Action Against Lincolnshire,” Private Equity and Securities Law360 (Sept. 26, 2014)
• Quoted, “Ropes & Gray Partners Share Insights Gleaned from Successfully Navigating Presence Examinations with Hedge Fund Manager Clients,” The Hedge Fund Law Report (March 7, 2013)
• Contributing Author, The Securities Enforcement Manual, Tactics and Strategies, Chapter 5, “Settlements, Minimizing the Adverse Effects of an SEC Enforcement Action,” Second Edition, American Bar Association publication, 2007 
• Eva Carman and Richard Marshall, “The SEC’s Insider Trading Case Against A Clinical Trial Physician – Lessons For Physicians, Investors, and Public Companies,” Ropes & Gray LLP publication, November 2010 
• Eva Carman, “Has United States v. Booker Closed the Book on Corporate Compliance Programs and Voluntary Cooperation?,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
• Co-Author, “Representing the Corporation and its Officers in Grand Jury Proceedings,” co-authored substantive annotations for Federal Bar Council publication on corporate criminal liability 
• Eva Carman, “Three Things Every In-House Employment Lawyer Should Know About Electronic Discovery,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

Presentations

• Speaker, “Enforcement and Litigation Trends in Investment Management,” Practicing Law Institute's Investment Management 2022: Current Issues & Trends (2022)
• Speaker, PERE CFOs & COOs Forum 2020, PEI Events (October 2020)
• Panelist, “A View From the Front: Practical Guidance Learned from Exams of Private Fund Advisers,” Chambers & Partners, Ropes & Gray and RSM co-hosted GC Seminar, New York (April 2016)
• Presenter, “SEC enforcement actions against private equity firms – a view from the front lines,” Private Fund Compliance Forum 2016 (May 10, 2016)
• Guest lecturer, Issues in SEC Enforcement Seminar -- NYU Law School, 2015
• Presenter, National Society of Compliance Professionals Annual Conference, New York, June 2013
• Presenter, “Private Equity Firms: Surviving the New World of SEC Regulation,” Ropes & Gray webcast, March 2012
• Current Developments in Anti-Corruption Enforcement: What Every Transactional Lawyer and Business Litigator Should Know, presented to the Ropes & Gray Business Advisory Group
• Panelist, SEC Enforcement Priorities and Initiatives, presented to the City Bar Counsel on Investment Management, 2012
• Panelist, “From SEC Examinations to Enforcement Actions,” Ascendant National Compliance Management Conference, 2012
• Presenter, “What Every China-Based U.S.-Listed Company Needs to Know About U.S. SEC Enforcement Actions,” Ropes & Gray webinar, June 2012
• Panelist, What Every In-House Hedge Fund Lawyer Needs to Know About the New SEC Enforcement Paradigm, webcast 2012
• Presenter, “The New SEC Enforcement Paradigm and the Ethics of Internal Investigations,” 2011 Investment Management webcast
• Presenter, “What Every Hedge Fund In House Counsel Needs To Know About the New SEC Enforcement Program and The Ethics of Internal Investigations,” 2011 Hedge Fund Counsel Event
• Presenter, “The New SEC Enforcement and Investigation Paradigm,” 2010 NRS and Investment Adviser Association Investment Management Regulatory Compliance Conference
• Presenter, “New SEC Enforcement Powers Over the Asset Management Industry,” 2010 Ascendant Investment Adviser Compliance Conference For Advisers and Managers
• Presenter, “The Sinking Market’s Effect on Investment Funds: Litigation and Enforcement Issues Every Investment Fund Executive Should Know” “Hiding in Plain Sight: What the Madoff Scandal Means for the Future Regulation of Advisers,” Ropes & Gray webcast, February, 2009
• Presenter, “SEC Enforcement Relating To Structured Products,” IM Industry Conference
• Panelist, “Regulatory Focus On Unified Managed Accounts,” IM Industry Conference
• Panel Chair, “Regulatory Enforcement Relating to Funds of Funds,” industry conference presentation
• Presenter, “Dealing with the SEC: Enforcement Actions & Civil Litigation,” conducted seminars for securities professionals on topics relating to SEC enforcement actions
• Presenter, “Discovery Strategy in Complex Litigation,” conducted seminar on complex litigation issues for members of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court
• Presenter, “SEC Presence Exams – Issues for Private Equity Firms,” Ropes & Gray webcast, February 2013

Selected Media

• "Chancery Court Rejects Books and Records Request," Elizabeth Bennett, Delaware Law Weekly, December 22, 2010 (Volume 13; Issue 51)
• "Ropes & Gray Wins Unusual Chancery Court Ruling Barring Controversial Board Member from Access to Corporate Documents," David Bario, American Lawyer Litigation Daily, (November 29, 2010)