In the past few years, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has refocused its efforts with respect to the investment management industry via structure and staffing.  On the structuring side, the Division of Enforcement has established specialized units, such as the Asset Management Unit, devoted to addressing investor and systemic risks raised by private funds and their managers.  On the staffing side, the Division of Enforcement has hired investment management industry professionals – including hedge fund managers, analysts, operating professionals and due diligence experts – to staff these units.  With this new-found expertise, SEC staff not only “know where the bodies are buried,” but also “understand how they got there,” according to Bruce Karpati, Chief of the Asset Management Unit.  See “OCIE Director Carlo di Florio and Asset Management Unit Chief Bruce Karpati Address Examination and Enforcement Priorities for Hedge Fund Managers,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jan. 24, 2013).  On the foundation of its new expertise, the Division of Enforcement initiated 147 enforcement actions against investment advisers and investment companies in fiscal year 2012.  To provide deeper insight and actionable analysis on what the structuring and staffing changes at the Division of Enforcement mean for hedge fund managers, the Hedge Fund Law Report recently interviewed Ronald Wood.  Wood is a partner in the Securities Litigation Group at Proskauer Rose LLP, and prior to Proskauer spent a decade in the Division of Enforcement.  Our interview covered topics including SEC enforcement priorities; the use of reports filed with the SEC to identify enforcement targets; the SEC’s aberrational performance initiative; insider trading best practices; paid access to corporate executives; track record portability; due diligence on Chinese companies; pay to play issues; “big boy” letters; and FCPA concerns for hedge fund managers.  This article contains the transcript of our interview with Wood.  This interview was conducted in connection with the Regulatory Compliance Association’s upcoming Regulation, Operations & Compliance 2013 Symposium, to be held at the Pierre Hotel in New York City on April 18, 2013.  That Symposium is scheduled to include a panel entitled “Post SAC Capital – Investigation, Enforcement & Prosecution of Hedge & PE Managers.”  Subscribers to the Hedge Fund Law Report are eligible for a registration discount.