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Junaid Zubairi chairs Vedder‘s government investigations and white-collar defence practice group. He represents clients in white-collar criminal matters, including financial fraud and insider trading. Drawing on his prior experience as a senior enforcement attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Zubairi represents individuals and corporations in internal and government investigations, particularly those conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC.
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Government Investigations & White Collar Defense
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Mr. Zubairi regularly practices before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and other federal and state agencies. His practice includes representing companies and individuals in civil and criminal government investigations and securities litigation, conducting internal investigations, advising clients on investment services matters, counseling clients during regulatory examinations, counseling clients on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters and providing general compliance and remediation advice.
Mr. Zubairi has successfully represented public companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, accounting firms, officers and directors, accounting professionals and attorneys in complex matters involving financial statement restatements, alleged financial fraud, books and records and internal control violations, audit deficiencies, alleged FCPA violations and compliance issues, whistleblower allegations, conflicts of interest, board governance and oversight, supervision and insider trading.
Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Zubairi was a senior attorney with the SEC, Division of Enforcement. At the SEC, Mr. Zubairi was the lead attorney on numerous high-profile investigations and litigations involving investment adviser and broker-dealer misconduct, financial fraud, officer and director liability, insider trading and pay-to-play practices. Mr. Zubairi spearheaded several complex investigations that resulted in substantial settlements against large public companies.
Further, while at the SEC, Mr. Zubairi also coordinated effective parallel investigations with federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Illinois Commerce Commission.
For his outstanding work, Mr. Zubairi received the Division of Enforcement Director's Award, as well as several Special Act awards.
Memberships
- Past Regional Co-Chair, Association of SEC Alumni (ASECA)
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 2002
- Loyola University Chicago, B.A., 1999, cum laude
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Key clients
- Vikram Luthar
Work highlights
Representing Vikram Luthar, former CFO of Archer Daniels Midland, in a federal securities class action lawsuit and related derivative actions alleging accounting fraud and misleading statements that allegedly caused a 25% stock drop and over $8 billion in lost market value.