David M. Siegal

Enforcement Actions & Investigations

• Represented a chief executive and board chairman of a clean-energy company in connection with a high profile federal government corruption and bribery investigation.
• Represented the chief operating officer and director of several foreign financial services companies in a DOJ Tax Division corporate tax fraud probe.
• Represented CEO of one of the country’s largest Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in internal investigation concerning portfolio marking issues.
• Represented a professional basketball player agent in connection with allegations of NCAA rules violations and related assertions of federal mail and wire fraud.
• Counseled an investment advisory firm in a SEC "pay to play" investigation.
• Represented professional athlete in SEC investigation of alleged cryptocurrency touting violation.
• Represented an international food company’s general counsel in a federal grand jury investigation.
• Counseled an advisor at a Fortune 100 financial institution in a DOJ insider trading investigation.
• Represented CFO of publicly traded food service company in SEC and DOJ accounting fraud and tax investigation. 
• Represented a US bank’s chief anti-money laundering officer in a criminal investigation of alleged anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act violations.
• Represented a records systems and services company in connection with a federal government contracts/FCA investigation.
• Represented a former program manager of a Fortune 500 weapons manufacturer in connection with a government contracts/FCA investigation into contracts to supply antiballistic missile systems to foreign countries.
• Represented bitcoin trader in private dispute over multimillion dollar trading loss.
• Counseled an international market consulting firm CEO and founder in a federal market manipulation and money laundering case.
• Represented a construction and paving industry company in connection with a DOJ Antitrust bid-rigging investigation.
• Advised employees of major international financial institutions amid multiple DOJ, CFTC, and foreign regulator investigations into alleged trading improprieties and anti-competitive actions; and in residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) investigations by the DOJ, the SEC, and state regulatory authorities.
•  Represented an internet transaction payment provider company in connection with an internal investigation into a ransomware cyber/denial of service attack.
• Represented parties in FCPA investigations, including numerous financial institution employees in a matter that also involved commercial bribery allegations; a former investment banking division chief of a major financial institution; and a founder and CEO of an international oil and gas company in a matter involving alleged indirect payments to a financial institution director.
• Represented a company and individuals in an investigation that involved allegations of trade secret theft and misappropriation of a business rival’s data.
• Advised an automobile manufacturing executive amid a DOJ investigation and civil litigation regarding National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issues.
• Advised an internet technology executive facing a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) investigation.
• Represented current and former financial institution traders and trading executives, including in a FINRA matter targeting complex financial instrument trading practices and in SEC and FINRA probes into market access regulations.
• Counseled a Big Four accounting firm executive in an international Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) obstruction and accounting fraud investigation.
• Represented a hedge fund analyst amid a criminal investigation into alleged insider trading involving a so-called “expert network.”
• Counseled a foreign corporation regarding a federal grand jury investigation into a Bitcoin exchange.
• Advised a cash handling and processing company on legal issues related to commercial marijuana distribution.

Complex Business Litigation

• Represented NHL senior team executive in business dispute with organization, and related arbitration hearing before NHL Commissioner.
• Secured a summary judgment dismissal of a federal business tort case that sought $30 million in damages against the chief operating officer of a multinational financial conglomerate; also prevailed on a rare motion to access the plaintiff’s attorney-client communications based on the "offensive use" doctrine.
• Defeated a multimillion-dollar breach of contract claim in a federal jury trial against Marvel Entertainment involving royalties for the Spider-Man Web Blaster role-play toy.
• Represented several real estate loan securitization and servicing companies in a $100 million breach of contract case in a New York federal court.
• Secured dismissal of multimillion-dollar fraud and contract cases filed by investors against an international oil and gas mogul in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Obtained a preliminary injunction for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in a New York federal case against a franchisee involving Lanham Act trademark and trade secret claims.
• Represented a professional basketball player agent against decertification proceedings initiated by player's union in context of collective bargaining.