Whatever the size of the company or sophistication of the individual, being contacted by law enforcement or a regulator can have serious and far-reaching implications. Individuals may be thinking not just about how to ensure the best outcome, but about how to protect themselves, and their families. Companies may face concerns about how an investigation will impact their operations, employees, and shareholders. In every case, finding the right legal counsel is critical to achieving the best results. Pryor Cashman’s White Collar + Regulatory Enforcement Group has the experience, skill, and common sense to do just that.
What We Do
The lawyers in Pryor Cashman’s White Collar + Regulatory Enforcement Group—including three former federal prosecutors—are well equipped to guide clients through every facet of a criminal or regulatory inquiry. The lawyers in our group have years of experience and a track record of involvement in the most complex and high-profile white collar matters. Pryor Cashman’s White Collar + Regulatory Enforcement Group has handled matters related to sophisticated financial fraud, insider trading and market manipulation, sanctions violations, cybercrime, tax evasion, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, cryptocurrency fraud, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), health care fraud, money laundering, and national security. We have advised clients in matters initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, state regulators and attorneys general, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Because of their experience both as defense lawyers and in government, Pryor Cashman’s lawyers understand that individuals and corporations facing criminal and regulatory inquiries may have concerns that touch on many different facets of their lives and businesses, and they can see what may be coming around the corner of a government investigation and help to advise clients how best to proceed.
As a result, we are well-positioned to handle any situation our clients may face. Before government authorities are even on the horizon, our lawyers counsel clients about how to design their compliance programs to avoid problems in the first place. If a situation does arise, we investigate in a thorough and cost-effective manner to give our clients a clear picture of the facts and to help them to make informed and practical decisions. If the authorities do surface, we are skilled advocates in the pre-charging phase of any investigation, and have successfully convinced prosecutors and regulators to forgo charges in even the most serious of cases. And if necessary, our lawyers are fierce advocates for our clients in court, ready to defend them at trial or on appeal wherever necessary—indeed, in our most recent trials, we have obtained acquittals on criminal fraud and money laundering charges involving almost a half a billion dollars in one case, and advanced the legal arguments that ultimately supported dismissal of all of the charges in another.
Our Experience and Services
Our lawyers offer this guidance within the framework of Pryor Cashman’s larger commitment to the “midsize advantage.” When dealing with a government inquiry, clients need the comfort of knowing they are getting access to the top lawyers, but that doing so won’t break the bank. At Pryor Cashman, our model ensures that our clients have direct access to our partners, who have years of hands-on experience navigating our clients’ thorniest problems, but at rates that aren’t cost-prohibitive. On the other hand, when facing a government inquiry, clients often have to take a holistic approach that brings in the knowledge base of a full service firm—in those instances, our white collar lawyers are able to tap into our other award-winning practice groups to make sure that the proper industry experience is brought to bear. Because of our firm’s breadth of experience, our White Collar + Regulatory Enforcement Group has experience across a broad spectrum of industries, from financial services to fashion, music, real estate, health care, sports, and more, and has represented companies, financial institutions, corporate officers and directors, and individuals facing government inquiries.
Our White Collar + Regulatory Enforcement Group can help with the full spectrum of our clients’ white collar needs, including, among others:
- Individual Representations
- Corporate Investigations
- Advisory Work
- Asset Forfeiture
- Related Litigation
- Employment Matters
