Internal Investigations & Monitorships

Former Prosecutors with Significant Financial Investigations Experience. Our internal investigations and monitorship team includes several former federal and state prosecutors with significant experience in conducting complex financial investigations. Our lawyers include five former federal prosecutors, including former members of the U.S. Department of Justice's Securities & Commodities Fraud Task Force, a former Chief of the Criminal Division and a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Several of our lawyers are also former Manhattan Assistant District Attorneys with extensive experience in state investigations and monitorships.

Significant Capacity to Mobilize Quickly. We regularly conduct investigations on behalf of the Audit Committees of some of the largest companies in the world. Our team of 30+ professionals is able to commence work quickly. Our internal investigation engagements typically involve expedited review of millions of documents as well as parallel interviews of scores of company employees, often in several countries.

Foreign Language Ability. Our team of professionals includes fluent speakers of several European, Middle Eastern, and Asian languages and our firm focuses much of its internal investigations practice on the examination of foreign operations of U.S. companies.

Court-Appointed Monitors. Our firm is also called upon by courts and government offices to function as a court-appointed monitor for institutions facing significant regulatory compliance issues.

Recent engagements:

• Represented Audit Committee of New York Stock Exchange-listed technology company with operations in Europe, North America, and South America. Conducted internal investigation after whistleblower allegations of accounting fraud, embezzlement, FCPA violations, and money laundering by various executive officers. Engagement included imaging and review of more than 50 computers and interviews of more than 30 employees in both English and Spanish. Advised company in subsequent investigation by the Securities & Exchange Commission.
• Represented Audit Committee of New York Stock Exchange-listed international media company. Conducted internal investigation into alleged accounting fraud, antitrust violations, and FCPA violations at several locations throughout Europe. Engagement included review of several hundred thousand emails and interviews of dozens of company employees in English, Czech, and Russian.
• Represented Audit Committee of major public company in financial news business with operations in Europe, North America, and Asia. Conducted an investigation of member of Board of Directors for alleged insider trading of company stock. Advised company in subsequent investigation by the Securities & Exchange Commission.
• Represented Audit Committee of New York Stock Exchange-listed information services company with operations in the Europe and United States. Conducted an internal investigation of an executive officer for alleged insider trading of company stock. Advised company in subsequent investigation by the Securities & Exchange Commission.
• Conducted internal investigation of Wall Street investment bank, in response to inquiry of fixed income securities trading practices worldwide for possible violations of securities laws. Investigation involved review of more than 2 million documents and interviews of dozens of company employees. Advised company in subsequent investigation by the Securities & Exchange Commission and related Self Regulatory Organizations.
• Served as court-appointed monitor of a construction company resulting from long-running investigation by the New York County District Attorney's Office into compliance with wage laws and government contracting abuse issues.