Tammy Albarrán

Tammy Albarrán advises public companies, financial services firms, securities brokerage firms, and their officers and directors on important and complex SEC investigations and enforcement actions, securities litigation, internal investigations, and anti-corruption matters.

Ms. Albarrán has extensive experience in SEC and internal investigations involving financial fraud, broker-dealer violations, FCPA violations, insider trading, market manipulation, and investment fraud.  A native Spanish speaker, Ms. Albarrán has conducted investigations relating to bribery issues for clients in Latin America or with operations in that region.

Representative Matters

Regulatory and Internal Investigations

• Leading an internal investigation relating to allegations by a whistleblower of potential violations of the FCPA and other federal securities laws by a Latin American company.
• Successfully represented two Fortune 500 companies in SEC investigations arising out of whistleblower allegations of improper revenue recognition and accounting practices.  The SEC closed both investigations with no enforcement action.
• Represented a Fortune 500 company in an internal investigation concerning potential foreign bribery and accounting issues in China.
• Defended a law firm associate in an insider trading investigation by the SEC. The SEC closed the matter without taking any enforcement action.
• Represented a major investment bank in a FINRA investigation of alleged large proprietary wash sales, resulting in a favorable settlement.

Honors and Rankings

• Legal 500 US, Litigation - Securities: Shareholder Litigation and White-collar Criminal Defense (2013)
• The Daily Journal, "Top 20 Under 40" (2012)
• The National Law Journal, "Minority 40 Under 40" (2011)
• Northern California Rising Stars, Securities Litigation (2009, 2011, 2012)

Pro Bono

• Represents a class of Latinos in Maricopa County, Arizona subjected to discriminatory stops by the County Sheriff’s Office.

Memberships and Affiliations

• Board of Directors, Bar Association of San Francisco
• Advisory Board, Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF)
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• California Minority Counsel Program

Publications and Speeches

• "Dodd-Frank Anti-Retaliation Provisions: Fifth Circuit Narrows Scope, Rejects SEC and District Court Interpretations," Covington Advisory (7/29/2013), Co-Author
• "D.C. District Court Vacates SEC's Resource Extraction Payment Rule," Covington Advisory (7/3/2013), Co-Author
• "Successful Board Investigations," The Corporate Board (May/June 2013), Co-Author