Criminal Defense & Government Investigations

The MSF Criminal Defense Group consists of experienced trial lawyers, whose practices focus on white-collar and U.S. regulatory enforcement action defense, including SEC, CFTC and FINRA actions, cross-border investigations, and complex criminal litigation.

Our practice includes representing officers, directors and other principals of public and private corporations across various industries, including finance, securities, health care, and government contractors. We represent individuals in defense of investigations brought by the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, FTC, IRS, state banking regulators and local law enforcement agencies. Representative cases include defense of alleged securities and commodities fraud, public corruption (including FCPA), accounting and bank fraud, money laundering, tax fraud, art and antiquities fraud, antitrust, and national or international sanctions violations.

Our group’s lawyers have successfully tried cases before juries and judges in both federal and state courts. We also have obtained favorable judgments in cases before government administrative panels and arbitrators. In addition to litigation, we regularly advise clients on various legal and compliance issues across various industries.