Seth Farber
Partner
Former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Seth focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, and related civil litigation. He also handles SEC investigations, securities litigation, civil RICO litigation, corporate governance litigation, and antitrust litigation.
Key Matters
Representative Matters
- Represents former chief executive officer of Discover Financial Services in securities and derivative litigation
- Represents Texas-based REIT in SEC investigation
- Represents Binance.US in civil RICO litigation
- Represents former chief financial officer of the National Rifle Association in civil enforcement action filed by the New York attorney general
- Represents America’s Rehab Campuses, LLC and its owner and affiliates in defense of SEC enforcement action filed in District of Nevada
- Represents GolTV in civil RICO litigation in Southern District of Florida relating to international soccer corruption scandal
- Represented Zoltek Companies, Inc. in investigation of violations of U.S. sanctions laws by Office of Foreign Assets Control
- Represented high-profile government official in SEC municipal bond investigation
- Represented Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane in jury trial on charges of perjury, official oppression, and obstruction of justice
- Represented multinational corporations and executives in international criminal antitrust investigations of global cartels
- Represented multinational corporations and executives in parallel Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the SEC
- Represented senior executive of global investment bank in parallel investigations of foreign exchange markets by DOJ Fraud Section, DOJ Antitrust Division, and SEC
- Represented Deutsche Bank in criminal tax shelter investigations and parallel nationwide fraud and civil RICO litigation
- Represented BNP Paribas (BNPP) executive in connection with parallel criminal investigations of BNPP for violations of U.S. sanctions law
- Represented board of directors of a public company in connection with an FCPA investigation of one of its members
- Represented Gregory Bell, hedge fund manager and owner of Lancelot Investment Management, LLC, in parallel federal criminal prosecution and SEC enforcement action
- Represented the outside directors of Kmart Corporation in connection with investigations by the DOJ, the SEC, and Congress, as well as in breach of fiduciary duty litigation regarding Kmart’s 401(k) plan
- Represented the controller of Dreier LLP in connection with investigations by the DOJ and SEC
- Representation of an investment bank in civil litigation and government investigations relating to the collapse of National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc
- Represented Omnicare, Inc. in its successful hostile tender offer for NCS Healthcare, Inc
- Internal investigation of accounting issues for the Audit Committee of a Fortune 500 company
- Internal investigation of suspected accounting errors for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Warnaco
- Represented a mutual fund executive in connection with parallel investigations by the New York State attorney general and the SEC
- Represented an investment banker in connection with the research analyst investigations conducted by the New York State attorney general and the National Association of Securities Dealers
- Represented a former Arthur Andersen partner in Enron matters
- Represented a former CEO in an insider trading investigation
- Represented the CEO of a pharmaceutical distribution company in a federal grand jury investigation into counterfeit drugs