Junaid Zubairi Email & Phone Number

Junaid A. Zubairi is the Chair of Vedder Price’s Government Enforcement & Special Investigations group and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors.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, and 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, whistle-blower 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.Further, while at the SEC, Mr. Zubairi also coordinated effective parallel investigations with federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Illinois Commerce Commission.

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