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Experience:
Bill Mann's practice focuses on securities enforcement and regulatory matters, including internal corporate investigations and securities regulatory investigations, examinations and actions. He represents broker-dealers, investment companies, investment advisers, corporations, corporate officers and directors, and other individuals before the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, securities self-regulatory organizations, and state authorities. Bill also represents clients in litigation, arbitration, criminal grand jury investigations, and other white-collar criminal matters involving the securities laws.
Before joining Mayer Brown�s Washington, DC office in 2005, Bill was associated for several years with the Washington offices of two other major law firms.
Notable Engagements:
Bill�s work on behalf of clients includes the following, in which he has represented:
The former CFO of Capital One in an insider trading action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Ameritrade, Inc. in class action litigation involving best execution issues.
A pool of international and domestic individuals in a Department of Justice investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
A special board committee of a public company in an internal investigation into options backdating.
A partner of a "Big-Four" accounting firm in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the use of special purpose entities (SPEs).
The former CFO of a major defense contractor in a Securities and Exchange Commission accounting investigation into asset valuation issues.
The owner of a hedge fund in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation concerning a private placement in public equity (PIPE) offering.
Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 1999; Hardy Cross Dillard Fellow; Editor, Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, University of Richmond, BA, with honors, 1993. | 