Nicolas Morgan is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings and based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He focuses his practice on complex securities litigation in state and federal courts and representations involving government investigations and white-collar crime allegations levied against individuals and businesses. In the course of his practice, he routinely represents securities issuers, company officers and directors, investment funds, analysts, and brokers in connection with SEC and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigations, litigation, and arbitration. Mr. Morgan also counsels public companies, funds, and broker-dealers on securities compliance and corporate governance; conducts internal investigations; and assists in regulatory examinations initiated by the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance and Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations.

He joins from Zaccaro Morgan LLP, a boutique firm that he co-founded in 2015, which focused on high-stakes complex civil litigation, SEC and other government investigations and defense, white collar criminal defense, and independent internal investigations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Morgan was a longtime partner at another international law firm, where he served as West Coast Chair of the Securities Enforcement practice, Los Angeles hiring partner, and where he managed a myriad of securities investigations, and related arbitrations and litigation.

Mr. Morgan was also previously an investigative attorney in the SEC’s Enforcement Division. During his time there, he served as lead counsel on a wide variety of litigated matters including prosecution of insider trading, investment adviser fraud, revenue recognition fraud, broker/dealer fraud, mutual fund market timing, and market manipulation. Mr. Morgan also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California.