Barry Kamar draws on his background as a federal prosecutor and investment banker to represent global companies in government investigations and complex commercial litigation. He focuses his practice on representing companies, boards and individuals on a wide range of criminal, regulatory and civil matters, including matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other domestic and international regulatory agencies, as well as on civil matters involving high stakes business disputes.
A skilled trial lawyer, Barry is often called upon for his courtroom advocacy and business-minded approach. He served for over a decade at DOJ and the SEC where he held various senior positions including Chief of the Public Protection Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and Senior Counsel at the SEC’s New York office. In these roles, Barry oversaw significant public investigations and prosecutions involving financial fraud and federal securities law violations, spending much of his time conducting jury trials in federal court.
Prior to his government service, Barry was a litigator at Paul Weiss in New York, where he successfully defended financial services, pharmaceutical and media clients in multi-million dollar securities, antitrust and FCPA matters, as well as in commercial disputes involving cutting-edge legal issues.
Barry also is a former investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co. and former economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he advised energy, construction and technology clients on a variety of strategic corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate financing and transfer pricing.
A native Arabic speaker, Barry lived for more than 17 years in the Middle East, including Cairo, Egypt, Muscat, Oman and Abu Dhabi, UAE. Barry also lived for several years in Mexico City, Mexico, and is proficient in Spanish.
