Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Litigation; White Collar Defense, Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations

Nicole R. Love is a partner in Fried Frank's White Collar Defense, Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations Practice, resident in the New York office.

Nicole represents entities and individuals in a wide range of white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters and internal investigations.  Her matters include investigations by, amongst others, the Department of Justice, various US Attorneys' Offices, the SEC, FINRA, the CFTC, and various international regulators into allegations including insider trading, market manipulation, spoofing, collusion to manipulate benchmarks, antitrust violations, and other financial-based crimes.  Notable matters include the representation of a large multi-national public company in connection with significant SEC and DOJ investigations concerning the company's accounting and business practices and related disclosures; the representation of a global Fortune 500 medical device company in connection with a significant SEC investigation concerning disclosures; the representation of a special committee of the board of directors of a Fortune 500 company in an internal investigation concerning alleged executive misconduct; and the representation of a global defense contractor and an independent committee of the board of directors in connection with parallel DOJ and SEC investigations regarding FCPA and other potential violations. Other notable matters include the representation of a senior Signature Bank executive in connection with congressional, regulatory, and criminal inquiries concerning the bank’s seizure, the representation of a former cash broker at a major interdealer broker in connection with an international investigation involving US and European authorities relating to the alleged manipulation of LIBOR; the representation of an attorney and broker-dealer founder in connection with a criminal investigation concerning market manipulation; and the representation of a managing director of a major financial institution in connection with a DOJ criminal investigation concerning FX sales and trading practices.