Mark Schonfeld, the regional director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) New York office, is set to join Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as a partner, reports The American Lawyer.

Schonfeld joined the SEC’s Boston office in 1996, before being promoted to the top role in New York in 2004. He will join Gibson Dunn’s New York office at the end of September, where he will co-head the firm’s securities enforcement practice group.