Our lawyers have represented clients in connection with investigations conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice and the SEC involving allegations of tax evasion, money laundering, marketing or implementation of “tax avoidance” strategies, and the misappropriation of pension benefit funds.

These representations include:

• Counseling current and former employees of Big Four accounting firms in connection with federal criminal investigations into the marketing and implementation of “tax avoidance” strategies;
• Securing immunity for a hedge fund executive in connection with a criminal and legislative inquiry into alleged misuse of offshore trusts;
• Defending a corporate executive in connection with a federal investigation involving allegedly inappropriate deductions in excess of $1 million;
• Obtaining declination of prosecution for tax attorneys who provided advice relied upon by a taxpayer indicted for tax fraud; and
• Obtaining declination of prosecution for an attorney who was the target of a federal tax fraud investigation.