David W. Simon focuses his practice on strategic counseling and conducting domestic and international internal investigations to preempt or mitigate enforcement actions taken against corporate clients by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and other enforcement agencies. He successfully defends companies and senior executives in enforcement actions and litigation with the government, and he delivers practical regulatory advice and builds effective corporate compliance programs to help avoid enforcement actions in the first place.

David is experienced in guiding corporate boards and company management through challenging government enforcement matters, recognizing that corporate compliance problems are fundamentally business problems that require business-centric solutions. Holding an EMBA degree from the University of Oxford, he puts legal advice in the context of broader strategic business issues, and he leverages his combined experience and education in his leadership roles as national vice chair of the firm’s Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Practice Group and chair of the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group.