Christopher Garcia

Christopher's experience includes representing:

• Morgan Stanley in a successful two-week jury trial of a rare private claim for insider trading, which a Russian billionaire and his Netherlands-based investment vehicle, Veleron Holdings, asserted regarding a transaction made in the lead-up to the financial crisis*
• The audit committee of American Realty Capital Properties in an internal investigation into purported accounting irregularities, as well as subsequent DOJ and SEC proceedings*
• The Audit Committee of a public company in the electric vehicle space in an internal investigation relating to disclosure issues 
• Companies and senior executives in connection with DOJ criminal antitrust investigations of so-called “no-poach” agreements
• A family office and its two principals in an SEC investigation alleging dealer activity, which was successfully resolved in 2022 without admitting or denying the allegations
• Principal of leading investment company in an SEC insider trading investigation, which was successful resolved in 2022 with a declination* 
• A health system in a DOJ investigation alleging violations of the False Claims Act relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was successfully resolved in 2022 without admitting or denying the allegations*
• A company in connection with a DOJ investigation alleging possible violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in relation to the alleged sale COVID-related products 
• A major financial institution in an SEC investigation related to the SolarWinds cyberattack*
• The audit committee of an oil and gas company in an internal investigation of insider trading and conflicted conduct by a senior executive and two directors*
• ABRAAJ Investment Management in connection with US government allegations of investment adviser fraud
• A major multinational pharmaceutical company in an SEC investigation of alleged channel-stuffing
• A news and publishing company in an SEC investigation into whether certain statements and omissions misled the market, which the company successfully resolved in 2021 without admitting or denying the allegations*
• Fortune 500 companies in a wide-ranging SEC investigation into public disclosures related to perquisites provided to directors and executives* 
• A multinational insurance advisor in an internal investigation related to corruption, bribery, and honest services fraud
• A public company board in an internal investigation into a senior executive’s allegations that the company’s CEO made false and misleading statements to investors about the company’s strategy*
• A media company in a DOJ investigation and prosecution of a former employee for securities and wire fraud*
• A multinational corporation in an internal investigation into a cyber-attack*
• A multinational pharmaceutical company in DOJ and SEC investigations into a former senior executive’s insider trading*
• The principal of a multinational conglomerate in a DOJ grand jury and New York State investigation of an alleged multi-decade tax fraud
• A Fortune 500 company in an investigation of alleged price fixing in the market for oil futures and other energy derivatives
• Five senior executives in connection with a special committee, DOJ, and SEC investigations and related civil litigations regarding alleged securities fraud*
• A retail foreign exchange dealer in a Commodity Futures Trading Commission investigation*
• A media company against allegations of FCPA violations*
• Multiple retail companies in internal investigations of employee misconduct*
• A Japanese conglomerate in an internal investigation into the root cause of a data security incident and remediation*
• Several senior bankers in DOJ and SEC investigations of potential FCPA violation relating to hiring practices in Asia*
• Board of a private school in an investigation into allegations of racist conduct by students and a review of the school’s disciplinary procedures following an alleged sexual assault*
• A government contractor’s former president in a DOJ and SEC accounting fraud inquiry*
• Several elected officials in corruption probes*
• A media company’s directors in the DOJ’s FIFA soccer investigation
• Genworth in a federal securities class action relating to the company’s statements concerning reserves*
• A Fortune 500 company’s former chief financial officer in government inquiries and a related shareholder class action regarding alleged accounting irregularities*
• A former senior trader at a major financial institution in the DOJ’s ongoing criminal investigation into alleged LIBOR manipulation*
• A former senior director at a major financial institution in a CFTC investigation into alleged manipulation of ISDAFix, the benchmark rate for the swaps market*
• A client in an SEC investigation of a leading asset manager’s alleged compliance failures*
• An officer in a public company’s accounting department in an SEC investigation of alleged accounting improprieties*
• Multiple bond traders in criminal and civil enforcement actions related to trading conduct*

*Matters handled prior to joining Latham