Anne M. Evans, Partner White Collar Defense & Government Investigations

Anne M. Evans

Partner

Areas of Focus

Anne M. Evans, Partner White Collar Defense & Government Investigations

Anne M. Evans

Partner

aevans@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Focuses on white collar investigations and enforcement matters involving investment funds, financial institutions, companies and their key individuals.
  • Experience includes advising longstanding clients of the firm in a variety of internal and government-facing investigations.

Annie represents individuals, investment funds, financial institutions and public and private companies in sensitive internal investigations and high-stakes white collar defense matters involving criminal and regulatory issues. She has experience counseling clients in white collar defense investigations and enforcement matters brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, including defending allegations of wire fraud, spoofing, improper accounting and disclosure violations, insider trading and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. Annie’s practice focuses on advising some of the firm’s most significant institutional clients in a variety of regulatory and compliance matters. Annie also advises clients on financial restructuring matters involving government investigations into distressed companies.

Annie has a robust pro bono practice focused primarily on representing women and their families in matters involving domestic violence, family law and immigration issues. She was named the New York Office Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 2022 and the firmwide Pro Bono Associate of the Year in 2017. During law school, Annie was an Executive Editor of the Georgetown Law Review.

Representative Work
  • Representing a multibillion-dollar asset manager in an investigation involving potentially fraudulent conduct by an individual associated with a limited partner in multiple of the manager’s funds.
  • Representing a former precious metals trader at a major financial institution in a federal criminal trial alleging RICO and wire fraud based on alleged spoofing.
  • Representing the audit committee of the board of directors of a public company in an internal investigation involving allegations of accounting fraud.
  • Representing a company in an SEC investigation related to improper accounting and internal controls issues as company undergoes a chapter 11 restructuring.
  • Representing a long-standing investment funds client in a variety of internal and government-facing investigations.
  • Representing a leading financial institution in an investigation involving potential improper trading.
  • Advising bondholder group regarding SEC investigation into company undergoing chapter 11 restructuring.
  • Representing leading funds client in multiple section 1782 discovery disputes.
  • Represented a leading broker-dealer regarding best execution obligations for fixed income transactions.
  • Counseled individuals, financial institutions and investment fund clients in multiple government investigations, including by the DOJ, SEC and New York Attorney General (NYAG), regarding various trading practices.
  • Conducted multiple internal investigations related to insider trading and other regulatory and compliance issues.
  • Represented executives of multinational companies in parallel DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations arising out of conduct in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2013

  • B.A., Georgetown University, summa cum laude, 2009

Bar Admissions
  • New York

Recognitions
  • The Legal 500 US, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates/Advice to Individuals, 2024.
  • Crain's New York Business, 40 Under 40, 2023.
  • Akin, New York Office Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, 2022.
  • Akin, Pro Bono Associate of the Year, 2017.
  • Phi Beta Kappa.

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