Adam Ferreira
Partner
Practice
Investigations & White Collar
Government enforcement, internal investigations and white-collar defence for companies, boards and individuals.
§ 01Overview
We lead internal investigations for audit committees and boards and represent companies and executives before prosecutors and regulators, including in parallel civil and criminal proceedings.
Our team includes former prosecutors and agency lawyers, who know how an inquiry is likely to unfold and when to engage.
§ 02Key contacts
Key contacts
§ 03Experience
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Defending a payments company in a consumer protection investigation by state attorneys general
Representing the company in a multistate inquiry into fee disclosures.
Investigations & White Collar · Antitrust & Competition
Led the audit committee's investigation at Brevik Medical Systems
Conducted an internal investigation into distributor payments and represented the company before federal prosecutors, which closed the matter without charges.
Investigations & White Collar
Responded to a data protection authority inquiry after a ransomware incident
Coordinated incident response, notifications and the regulatory inquiry for a healthcare technology company.
Data, Privacy & Technology · Investigations & White Collar
Represented a former executive of a digital-asset exchange in a sanctions inquiry
Advised an individual through interviews with regulators and prosecutors; no action was taken against the client.
Investigations & White Collar
§ 04Insights
Related insights
Internal investigations: the first seventy-two hours
Decisions made in the first days of an investigation are hard to undo. A checklist for general counsel.
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