Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement

BDO Consulting’s Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement practice draws upon the Firm’s accounting resources and experience with major securities litigation matters to assist corporations, audit committees, boards of directors and officers with shareholder lawsuits, corporate investigations and inquiries by regulators. Our professionals have worked with counsel involved in some of the largest securities litigation matters, as well as high-profile class actions, derivative suits and criminal investigations.

Our securities litigation professionals assist counsel in representing corporations and their officers, directors and committees in criminal securities-related matters before securities regulators and governmental enforcement bodies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, federal and state banking regulators, and self-regulatory enforcement agencies. We have participated in a number of high-stakes securities litigation matters involving allegations of accounting fraud and securities fraud. Our professionals have earned a reputation for consistently exceeding our clients’ expectations.

Our Services

  • Analyze allegations of fraudulent financial reporting, accounting irregularities and financial statement restatements
  • Investigate accounting transactions and financial statement disclosures
  • Investigate alleged financial reporting irregularities
  • Analyze internal control effectiveness
  • Perform forensic accounting analyses
  • Develop analyses of potential liability and damages and assist in negotiating favorable settlements
  • Assist counsel in preparing for depositions and trial, including the development of demonstrative exhibits
  • Help draft court filings and documents

Our Experience

Our professionals analyze accounting and other types of records, compile and analyze large databases, retrieve and recover electronic evidence and draft submissions to regulatory bodies. We have experience preparing expert reports and serving as testifying and consulting experts. We also assist counsel with all aspects of litigation, including the development of interrogatories and discovery requests, identification of relevant documents during discovery, drafting questions for witnesses and preparing witnesses for testimony at depositions and trial.

Industry Knowledge

We have broad industry experience assisting counsel with lawsuits involving allegations of accounting fraud, including financial services, mortgage banking, real estate, entertainment, manufacturing, health care, insurance, high technology, energy, solid waste, personal services, communications, construction, jewelry, broker/dealers, hedge funds, mutual funds, retail and computer peripheral equipment, among others.