Enhancing Corporate Governance with Effective Internal Investigations

David C. Ware is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Securities Enforcement, Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense, and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups. Mr. Ware’s practice focuses on government investigations and enforcement actions and internal investigations in the areas of auditing and accounting, securities fraud, and related aspects of federal regulatory and criminal law. He also counsels clients on compliance with SEC and PCAOB rules and standards. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Ware spent nearly six years at the PCAOB’s Division of Enforcement and Investigations, rising to the position of Associate Director.

Matthew Greenblatt is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in New York. Matt has almost 30 years of experience in forensic accounting and internal investigations; investigations of Ponzi schemes; auditing and accounting matters; litigation consulting; post-acquisition and shareholder disputes; and advising troubled companies.

Mr. Greenblatt has conducted multiple forensic investigations in connection with cases involving diversions of funds and fraudulent accounting activity by management and continues to manage a team of professionals and forensic accountants in connection with FTI’s retention by the trustee under SIPA in the Madoff matter, continuing to serve as an expert witness in the trustee’s efforts to recover billions of dollars for the victims.