Defense built by a former SEC enforcement attorney.

Advised a commodities trader in a regulatory investigation involving an alleged fraudulent investment scheme exceeding $10 million, counseling on potential criminal exposure.

Engaged by a public company's CEO to assist an audit-committee investigation into allegations concerning personal-versus-business expenses.

Represented an executive of a real estate investment fund in the SEC's enforcement action alleging that the fund, which had raised about $170 million, operated as a real-estate-debenture Ponzi scheme, isolating the client's position and resolving the Commission's claims against him in June 2022.

Counseled a subject of parallel SEC and U.S. Attorney's Office securities investigations, negotiating a settlement of disgorgement exposure with the SEC receiver.

Represented a registered commodity-pool adviser and its principal in an emergency NFA enforcement action before the Business Conduct Committee for alleged willful false statements and reporting violations.

Represents a whistleblower with first-hand evidence of bribes paid by a U.S. public company's subsidiary, supporting a potential FCPA enforcement action with exposure exceeding $30 million across cross-border operations.

Defended a public accounting firm in an SEC subpoena response and a PCAOB examination concerning its audit workpapers.

Defended derivative claims challenging the adequacy of the price and disclosures in a going-private merger.

Defended a securities class action alleging false or misleading financial statements and FDA-related disclosures.

Investigated and advised an investment adviser facing civil fraud allegations of charging improper fees exceeding $10 million to high-net-worth clients, counseling on both civil and potential criminal exposure.

Represents a registered investment adviser and its principal in a parallel SEC and FINRA investigation arising from a customer complaint alleging overbilling and improper gifts of approximately $5 million.

Represented a company and its principal in an SEC enforcement matter alleging $1.2 million in investor fraud through false press releases, handling pre-filing settlement negotiations.

Represents the former chief executive and chief financial officer of a technology company in an SEC enforcement action alleging $30 million in securities fraud based on material misrepresentations and omissions.

Represents a client and a related holding company in an SEC enforcement action alleging a $35 million securities-fraud and Ponzi scheme.

Represented an individual and a related family trust in an SEC enforcement action arising from an investment program that allegedly raised more than $500 million from investors. The trust was placed into receivership in August 2021, and the individual settled the matter in November 2022.

Represents a company and its chief executive in an SEC administrative action alleging the company made false statements about its revenue to investors, as the SEC evaluates a potential federal enforcement action.

Represents a senior accountant at an investment-fund manager in a formal SEC books-and-records and accounting investigation.

As co-trial counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Soto litigated a $300 million accounting-fraud enforcement action; after the SEC obtained partial summary judgment, the defendants settled for more than $50 million in disgorgement and penalties.

Represented a chief executive in a Florida Office of Financial Regulation investigation into the sale of more than $100 million in viatical settlements alleged to be unregistered securities.

Represents a Latin America-based employee of a U.S. public company in a parallel SEC and DOJ accounting-restatement investigation involving restatements exceeding $100 million, on referral from an Am Law 20 law firm.

Represents the co-founder of a cryptocurrency fund in an SEC emergency action alleging a Ponzi scheme the agency framed at roughly $100 million in a vehicle that had held around $150 million, while managing parallel exposure as the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida evaluates a potential criminal case. The matter is ongoing.

Lead counsel in an SEC emergency enforcement action and a parallel New York Attorney General action arising from an alleged fraudulent crypto trading-investment and pyramid scheme that raised crypto assets worth more than $650 million, spanning Haiti, Panama, and the Grenadines.

Represents the co-founder of a cryptocurrency fund that held roughly $150 million in assets in an SEC emergency enforcement action alleging a $100 million Ponzi scheme, while managing simultaneous parallel criminal exposure in the Southern District of Florida.