Akin specializes in corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense, representing financial institutions—including banks, broker-dealers, and private investment funds, and their executives in complex investigations and enforcement actions under US and international securities and commodities laws. The firm handles matters involving insider trading, accounting fraud, market manipulation, and other trading violations, defending clients before major regulatory bodies such as the DOJ, SEC, and CFTC. The practice is led by a team of experienced lawyers, including Charles Connolly in Washington DC , who focuses on financial fraud and regulatory enforcement. New York-based, Katherine R. Goldstein  specializes in white-collar government and regulatory investigations, particularly in federal securities and commodities laws. Also acting out of New York, James J Benjamin, Jr brings extensive experience in government investigations and securities enforcement. Peter I. Altman in Los Angeles  has deep expertise in securities class litigation, government enforcement matters, and internal investigations. Parvin Daphne Moyne , also in New York is skilled in white-collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation.
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Kernmandanten

  • Morgan Stanley
  • Gotham City Research

Highlight-Mandate

  • Representing Morgan Stanley in connection with DOJ and CFTC enforcement proceedings against a U.K.-based hedge fund, Glen Point, and its principal.
  • Representing Gotham City Research and related entities in connection with parallel investigations by the SEC and the CNMV (Spanish securities regulator) into research reports regarding global health care company Grifols.
  • Secured a pretrial dismissal of an 11-count indictment charging a Maryland-based attorney, with conspiracy, wire, mail and bank fraud, and money laundering following nearly four years of pretrial litigation.

Anwält*innen

Praxisleitung

Charles F. Connoll; Katherine R. Goldstein; James Joseph Benjamin Jr.

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Parvin Daphne Moyne