Defending commercial conflicts

Furthermore, our attorneys frequently defend accounting businesses and professionals in civil lawsuits like shareholder disputes as well as other commercial conflicts including contract and employment issues. In these civil actions, we have consistently helped our clients reach favorable outcomes.

Criminal Investigations 

We have experience in this area with criminal investigations and prosecutions, audit committees, cross-border regulatory and litigation matters, Section 10A investigations, challenges to administrative rules and regulations, and private securities lawsuits. We have represented employees in a variety of cases for the “Big Four” accounting firms, including litigation involving “one firm.” Additionally, our attorneys have experience advising businesses and regulatory bodies with European financial sector and industry regulations.

Private Representation

• Counseling, risk assessment, and the implementation of compliance programs in critical compliance areas, such as money laundering, sanctions, tax evasion, corruption, false claims, and financial sector regulation;

• Representation of accounting firms in litigation brought by bankruptcy court-appointed litigation trustees as named defendants, potential defendants, or third parties

Public Representation

Representation in government contracting disputes with Bangladesh’s various ministries; advocacy before a wide range of domestic and international regulators and prosecutors, such as the DOJ, the SEC, the PCAOB, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the New York Department of Financial Services, state attorneys general, and the U.K. Financial Reporting Council