Institutional clients often retain the firm to conduct sensitive internal investigations aimed at uncovering or resolving allegations of officer, director, trustee, or employee misconduct at companies and not-for-profit organizations. In the course of these internal investigations, we often advise corporate clients seeking clarification and counsel regarding the necessity and wisdom of referring individual criminal cases to law enforcement, or engaging in voluntary cooperation with and disclosure to government authorities under agency rules, Department of Justice guidelines, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Recognized for their extensive knowledge of the rules and strategies essential to effective internal investigations, principals of the firm have been recruited as lecturers and authors in this area by bar associations, law schools, and corporations.
Principals of the firm also have served in important court-appointed or government-approved positions. For example, one of our principals is currently serving as the court-appointed Monitor of an international oil and gas services company following that company’s conviction for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In addition, principals of the firm have served as counsel to the Special Master in connection with the garment center antitrust case, and as Special Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Investigation for the City of New York. Our principals have also been appointed, with the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to conduct look-back investigations of a major broker-dealer and a big four accounting firm. One of our principals has also been appointed to serve as a Special Assistant Attorney General to conduct investigations on behalf of a state and to represent a state in litigation.
