Dawn Wilson is a partner in the firm’s Securities Litigation Group practicing out of the New York office. Her practice focuses on securities enforcement and litigation, white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations and complex commercial litigation.
Ms. Wilson has represented a wide variety of financial institutions and corporate clients, including broker-dealers, investment banks, commercial banks, insurance companies and large-cap public corporations. She has also represented clients in securities enforcement actions by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA and other SROs and state attorney general offices involving a range of issues such as fraud, insider trading, conflicts of interest, accounting practices and broker-dealer regulations. In addition, Ms. Wilson has extensive experience in conducting internal investigations and representing clients in connection with federal and state criminal and regulatory proceedings, including actions by the Department of Justice, Federal Reserve Bank, state banking authorities and the Department of Labor. She has also represented clients in connection with class action securities litigation and complex commercial disputes.
- Defended the IPO underwriting syndicate in In re Refco, Inc. Securities Litigation and related proceedings, leading to a favorable settlement of the securities class action and a dismissal of claims brought by the bankruptcy trustee.
- Represented an investment bank in defending civil litigation and government inquiries arising out of the Lancer Partners hedge fund collapse.
- Represented a broker-dealer in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission of charges relating to proprietary trading.
- Represented numerous companies in connection with insider trading inquiries.
- Represented an issuer in obtaining dismissal of a securities class action and derivative claims relating to allegations of options back-dating, and successfully defended the dismissal of class action on appeal.
- Defended a trust company against putative ERISA class action claims arising out its securities lending program.
- Represented an investment bank in the global settlement of industry-wide investigations into alleged conflicts of interest between equity research and investment banking.
- Represented a commercial bank in the U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation relating to abandoned property and obtaining relief for collateral consequences resulting from felony conviction.
- Engaged by numerous corporations, financial institutions and audit committees to conduct internal investigations involving a wide-variety of conduct, including money-laundering, index funds, misappropriation of customer or corporate funds, and accounting.
- Represented an accounting firm in the U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation of accounting for finite insurance.
- Represented an investment bank in connection with the investigation by an Enron bankruptcy trustee.
- New York City Bar Association