Mackey, Stephen C.

Christopher A. Wilber is a partner in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. He joined the firm in 1999. Mr. Wilber’s practice focuses on securities enforcement and regulatory matters, internal corporate investigations, and related litigation.

Practice

Mr. Wilber has represented corporations, financial institutions, and individuals under investigation by the SEC, the DOJ, the securities self regulatory organizations, and state attorneys general in a wide variety of matters involving potential violations of federal and state securities laws, including matters relating to stock options backdating, market timing, accounting fraud and disclosure violations, securities sales practices, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. He has conducted internal investigations concerning potential violations of the federal securities laws and counseled clients with respect to compliance with those laws and the rules of self-regulatory organizations.

Recent Highlights

A sample of Mr. Wilber’s recent engagements include:

• representation of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 company in an internal investigation and related SEC and DOJ investigations concerning a subsidiary’s historical stock option granting practices;
• representation of a Fortune 500 energy company in connection with an internal investigation and related SEC investigation concerning the company’s stock option granting practices;
• representation of the former General Counsel of a public utility holding company in connection with an SEC investigation concerning accounting fraud and disclosure violations;
• representation of a foreign private issuer in connection with an SEC investigation into potential violations of the FCPA and other federal securities laws in connection with the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program
• representation of a major financial institution in parallel SEC and New York Attorney General investigations into market timing in the client’s products and as a third-party in numerous related SEC and SRO civil enforcement proceedings.