Braeden Anderson
Administrative & Regulatory, Business / Contracts, Business Formation, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain, Employment & Labor - Defense, Intellectual Property, International, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, Startups, Tax (Transactional/Litigation)
Boston, Massachusetts
Personal Introduction
Braeden defends clients in connection with investigations and examinations initiated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and other federal and state regulators. He also leads internal investigations for public company boards, audit committees, and special committees, addressing issues related to financial reporting, disclosure, and compliance. He is known as a strategic advisor, bringing the right specialists into a matter at the right time and leveraging a deep network to ensure clients always have the best expertise at their fingertips.
Practice Composition
Transactional/Litigation
Education
Practice Summary
Braeden Anderson is a Partner at Gesmer Updegrove LLP, where he leads the firm’s Securities Enforcement & Investigations practice and serves as a key member of its broader Securities Regulatory and Financial Services group. He is a nationally recognized securities regulatory and enforcement attorney focused on two core areas: defending clients in high-stakes government investigations and enforcement actions, and advising financial services firms on complex regulatory frameworks, including emerging issues involving technology and digital assets. Braeden represents startups, financial institutions, investment advisers, fintech companies, broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, and founders in matters before the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, DOJ, and state regulators. His practice spans the full lifecycle of regulatory risk, from proactive counseling and compliance design to crisis management, investigations, and enforcement defense. On the advisory side, he counsels clients on market structure, custody, AML/KYC, trading practices, and the regulatory treatment of digital assets and other novel financial products. He also advises professional athletes and sports organizations on sensitive regulatory and investigative matters. Braeden’s practice is complemented by the depth of Gesmer Updegrove’s platform. The firm brings together a focused team of senior attorneys with backgrounds at leading law firms and in-house roles, advising clients across securities enforcement, government and internal investigations, corporate and M&A, intellectual property, and technology transactions. This structure allows the firm to deliver highly specialized, partner-driven counsel while maintaining the breadth and sophistication typically associated with larger institutions. Clients engage Braeden and his colleagues for matters where the stakes are high and the path forward is not always clear. The firm is intentionally built to provide high-engagement, strategic advice, pairing technical regulatory fluency with practical business judgment. The result is a more focused, responsive, and outcome-oriented approach to complex legal problems.
Response Time
1 day
Affiliations
Metropolitan Black Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Phi Alpha Delta
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
Braeden is an active writer and commentator on securities and regulatory issues through his blog and YouTube platform, where he publishes research-driven insights on emerging legal and market developments reaching over 1M users. Outside the office, he is a private pilot, snowboarder, and competitive golfer. Braeden served as an adjunct professor of business law at Monroe College in New York, and as the Chairman of Corporate Law Section of the Metropolitan Black Bar. Braeden played Division 1 college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates, during which time his team won the Big East Conference Championship while he was attending law school.
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