At the Epicenter of Financial Enforcement
New York City stands as the heart of the financial industry—and financial crimes enforcement. The U.S. Attorney’s Offices in New York, alongside regional SEC and CFTC offices, lead investigations into market misconduct. Their reach extends across securities fraud, insider trading, accounting fraud, and market manipulation cases.
Cases We Handle
Federal authorities have intensified scrutiny as financial markets grow more complex, with enforcement priorities regularly shifting. We handle cases in key areas where there has been recent enforcement activity:
- Market manipulation cases, including spoofing, algorithmic trading, liquidity manipulation.
- Cases involving alleged misrepresentations to investors in public filings and through social media
- Insider trading through government and corporate information
- Private fund compliance failures
- Misrepresentations about AI and emerging technologies
Experience from Both Sides of Leading Securities Fraud Cases
Treanor Devlin Brown brings unmatched perspective to securities enforcement matters. Arlo served in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit at the Southern District of New York, where he led the prosecution of the then most-powerful U.S. hedge fund and served as lead trial counsel in what remains the largest insider trading case ever prosecuted.
In private practice, our founding partners have defended global financial institutions, investment funds, and executives in sophisticated financial investigations. Tim has represented clients in groundbreaking cases involving cryptocurrency trading, de-SPAC transactions, commodities spoofing, FX market manipulation, and LIBOR rate issues. Arlo has secured the dismissal of LIBOR fraud charges against a Japanese banker, represented individuals in cryptocurrency trading cases, and represented major companies in insider trading probes involving internal misconduct.
This dual perspective—having both prosecuted and defended leading securities cases—provides our clients with strategic insights few firms can offer when facing high-stakes financial enforcement actions.