Peter Anderson, a member of Sutherland’s Litigation Practice Group, has practiced in the securities regulatory and enforcement arena for approximately 30 years. His practice involves representing public companies, their officers and directors, along with financial services, accounting and law firms and their principals in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions, Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and criminal prosecutions, and complex civil litigation. Peter also represents brokerage firms, broker-dealers and individual brokers before the SEC, all self-regulatory organizations, and state securities regulators and attorneys general in investigations relating to supervision, suitability, sales practices and insider trading.

Peter frequently conducts investigations at the request of audit and special committees of the boards of directors of both public and private companies. Such representations have included investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, stock option backdating, securities sales practice abuses, financial reporting fraud, and financial defalcation.

Peter writes, speaks and lectures regularly on securities compliance, regulatory and enforcement issues, accountant liability, and corporate governance. His securities litigation experience includes the defense of multi-district class actions, as well as the defense of financial services and accounting firms in more than 40 federal and state jury trials and in numerous complex securities arbitrations.

Peter’s principal outside interest and passion is his involvement in ServeHAITI, a 501(c)-3 nonprofit organization that provides medical care and treatment to people residing in the mountains of Haiti through the operation of a medical clinic and a water purification program. Peter is ServeHAITI’s Treasurer and a member of its Board of Directors.