Vedder Price

With a strong presence from its Chicago headquarters, as well as in other key nationwide offices in Texas, California and New York, Vedder Price is well-equipped to defend companies, financial institutions and individuals accused of violating securities laws in state and federal courts throughout the country. The presence of many former agency regulatory officials in its ranks is a strong selling point to clients, most pertinently in relation to SEC-initiated investigations and enforcement actions. As part of his broad-based complex commercial litigation offering, Chicago-based team head Thomas Cimino regularly handles securities class actions and derivative shareholder litigation, including for financial services entities and individuals. Also based in Chicago, Junaid Zubairi chairs the firm’s government investigations and white-collar offering, using the insight gained from his previous role at the SEC’s division of enforcement to good effect for financial services clients, including broker-dealers, investment advisers and funds, when subject to regulatory scrutiny.