Jennifer is Branch Chief at the Division of Investment Management – Private Funds Branch,  The Private Funds Branch of the Investment Adviser Regulation Office focuses on regulations affecting private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital funds, and their advisers. The group provides policy recommendations to the Commission and interpretive guidance to internal constituents and external industry participants.  Prior to joining the SEC, she was an associate at K&L Gates LLP and Seward & Kissel LLP where she advised clients on the structuring, formation, and private offering requirements of private funds and provided counsel to investment advisers in regulatory and compliance matters.  Ms. Songer received a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.