Junaid A. Zubairi focuses his practice on government investigations, investment services and regulatory compliance matters. His practice includes representing companies and individuals in SEC investigations, conducting internal investigations, counseling clients during regulatory examinations, and providing general compliance and remediation counseling. Mr. Zubairi has extensive experience representing investment advisers, broker-dealers, corporations and officers and directors during government investigations and regulatory proceedings.
Mr. Zubairi regularly practices before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and other federal and state agencies. His practice includes representing companies and individuals in civil and criminal government investigations and securities litigation, conducting internal investigations, advising clients on investment services matters, counseling clients during regulatory examinations, counseling clients on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters and providing general compliance and remediation advice.
Mr. Zubairi has successfully represented public companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, accounting firms, officers and directors, accounting professionals and attorneys in complex matters involving financial statement restatements, alleged financial fraud, books and records and internal control violations, audit deficiencies, alleged FCPA violations and compliance issues, whistleblower allegations, conflicts of interest, board governance and oversight, supervision and insider trading.
Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Zubairi was a senior attorney with the SEC, Division of Enforcement. At the SEC, Mr. Zubairi was the lead attorney on numerous high-profile investigations and litigations involving investment adviser and broker-dealer misconduct, financial fraud, officer and director liability, insider trading and pay-to-play practices. Mr. Zubairi spearheaded several complex investigations that resulted in substantial settlements against large public companies
More Legal and Business Bylines From Junaid A. Zubairi
- Is Cooperation Credit Worthwhile? Considerations in Self-Reporting to the SEC - (Posted On Wednesday, August 24, 2016)
- The Intersection of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Data Privacy - (Posted On Tuesday, April 19, 2016)
- SEC Speaks: How the SEC Decides Whether to Investigate Breached Entities - (Posted On Friday, February 26, 2016)
- SEC and FINRA Focus on Retirement Accounts - (Posted On Tuesday, July 14, 2015)
- Highlights from SEC Speaks 2015: Enforcement and Litigation Trends - (Posted On Friday, February 27, 2015)
- Supreme Court Endorses Broad View of Sarbanes-Oxley's Whistleblower Protection - (Posted On Wednesday, March 12, 2014)
- Highlights from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Speaks 2014 - (Posted On Friday, February 28, 2014)
- Highlights from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Speaks 2013 - (Posted On Tuesday, February 26, 2013)
- Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders: Supreme Court Rules Regarding Liability of Secondary Actors - (Posted On Tuesday, November 08, 2011)
- Supreme Court Determines That Plaintiffs Do Not Need to Prove Loss Causation in Order to Obtain Class Certification in Federal Securities Fraud Actions - (Posted On Tuesday, November 08, 2011)