White Collar Defense & Government Investigations

Companies, executives, and other individuals facing sensitive, high-stakes government probes turn to Dave Wilson to conduct internal investigations, defend against allegations of wrongdoing, and establish robust compliance programs.

As commerce has become global, so too have government inquiries and investigations. U.S. authorities regularly scrutinize alleged misconduct worldwide, collaborating with other countries’ antifraud and anticorruption regimes, many of which also pursue their own investigations and enforcement actions.

We represent many of the world’s leading banks, investment funds, and public companies, along with their key individuals, in sensitive investigations and enforcement matters. Our lawyers advise U.S.-based and international senior executives, financial traders, current and former government officials, and multinational companies in a wide array of federal and state prosecutions. We collaborate with corporations and board committees to conduct sensitive internal investigations.

For decades, the firm has attracted prosecutors from the highest levels of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, including the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Eastern District of New York (EDNY), and Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA). Our team also includes former senior lawyers from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as well as a former Chief of the DOJ’s Environmental Crimes Section and an enforcement attorney with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The team has consistently received accolades from leading ranking publications. Clients told Chambers USA 2020 that “the firm has really good reach and impressive ability to handle investigations in tough jurisdictions” and that “the white collar folks there are extremely good—they’re tremendous lawyers.”