White Collar Defense, Investigations & Financial Litigation

At S&A, we represent companies, executives, professionals, boards, and individuals in government and internal investigations, white collar criminal matters, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and litigation involving complex financial issues. We combine sophisticated legal advocacy with accounting, financial, and investigative experience to develop strategies responsive to our clients’ legal, financial, business, and reputational objectives.

Our attorneys represent clients in matters involving the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service, New York Attorney General’s office,  local district attorneys, self-regulated exchanges, and other federal, state, and local authorities and agencies. From the earliest stages of an investigation through charging decisions, enforcement proceedings, negotiations, and trial, our attorneys are persistent and tenacious advocates. We recognize that the most effective defense is rarely one-size-fits-all and look beyond the obvious to identify the factual, financial, and legal issues for creative solutions that can change the trajectory of a case. Our experience includes matters involving securities regulation, investment fraud, accounting and financial reporting fraud, insider trading, money laundering, bribery and corruption, criminal tax violations, False Claims Act violations, digital-asset fraud, and other alleged financial misconduct.

We also conduct internal investigations for companies, boards, executives, and other stakeholders confronting allegations or indications of fraud, financial irregularities, employee misconduct, or other corporate wrongdoing. We help clients assess potential parellel exposure, evaluate financial and compliance implications, and make informed decisions about remediation and disclosure to law enforcement, auditors, and other stakeholders.

Our financial litigation practice encompasses matters involving the financial sector and market participants, as well as disputes across industries in which omplex financial transactions or sophisticated corporate and investment structures are central to the dispute. We represent plaintiffs and defendants in matters involving fraud and misrepresentation, civil RICO, banks and other financial institutions, auditors and accounting professionals, investors and shareholders, disputed transactions, accounting irregularities and financial reporting, asset ownership and transfers, and other financially complex commercial disputes. We also assist corporate and individual victims in tracing and recovering assets, including cryptocurrency and other digital assets, and counsel businesses on anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, fraud prevention, internal controls, risk assessments, remediation, and corporate compliance.

Financial investigations and disputes are often rooted in complicated accounting records, transaction histories, financial models, and competing interpretations of the same evidence. We engage directly with that evidence to cut through the complexity and build stronger strategies for our clients.