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Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges is a leading international law firm of over 1,200 lawyers worldwide, including 300 partners. The firm is headquartered in New York, with offices located throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. Weil, Gotshal & Manges offices operate as "one firm," allowing any of its lawyers to be available to clients anywhere in the world. Weil, Gotshal & Manges is regulated by the Law Society of England and Wales. We are not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but we are able, in certain circumstances, to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are members of the Law Society. We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.

I am a partner in Weil’s Securities Litigation and White Collar Defense & Investigations practices, where I focus on defending companies and individuals in connection with regulatory and criminal investigations, conducting internal investigations, and litigating securities class actions in state and federal courts across the U.S. I also counsel boards of directors, executives, broker-dealers and investment advisers on securities and corporate governance issues, and regulatory compliance, among others. Since joining Weil, I have represented clients including General Electric, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Aeropostale, AIG, DIRECTV and Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Weil, I was Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and led a unit of more than 35 prosecutors, law enforcement agents and staff in all aspects of securities fraud investigations, trials, appeals, and other litigations, including those that The New York Times highlighted as underpinning “the government’s widespread crackdown on insider trading on Wall Street.” I also supervised the investigation and prosecution of more than 300 cases including matters arising out of the 2008 financial crisis and in areas of corporate fraud, insider trading, fraudulent investment schemes and the FCPA. I am a regular speaker and writer on securities litigation, enforcement, and white collar topics including cybersecurity, social media communications and related SEC disclosure issues, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-corruption enforcement, and insider trading. I am admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York State, the Eastern District New York and the Southern District New York. This material may be considered attorney advertising under certain rules of professional attorney conduct.