Therese Pritchard serves as the Chair of the Firm. She previously served on the firm’s Executive and Compensation Committees, as the leader of the White Collar, Securities Enforcement and Litigation Client Service Group and as Asia Coordinator, overseeing the firm's offices in Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong. She has concentrated on securities and financial institutions enforcement and litigation for more than 30 years. Ms. Pritchard has represented major public companies, banks, accounting firms, broker-dealers, investment advisors, mutual funds, hedge funds and individuals under investigation by the SEC, the DOJ, FINRA and the federal banking agencies. She also has extensive experience conducting independent investigations on behalf of, and providing counsel to boards of directors and audit committees of public companies. Recently, Ms. Pritchard has handled numerous internal and audit committee investigations involving possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and has advised public companies and their directors on whether to self-report the results of those investigations to the government. She has also handled SEC, Board and Audit Committee investigations involving revenue recognition, the adequacy of disclosures, stock option backdating, off balance sheet financing, undisclosed compensation/perquisites to executive officers, related party transactions, acquisitions and restructuring issues and the timing and adequacy of reserves. She has handled numerous insider trading investigations as well as broker-dealer and fund matters involving, among others, manipulative trading, valuation, allocation, suitability and supervision issues. Ms. Pritchard’s areas of practice also include insider trading, disclosure questions, delisting proceedings and broker-dealer regulation.