Neil Gerrard is a former Partner and Global Co-Head of Litigation & Regulation at Dechert LLP. Mr. Gerrard served as a Partner at DLA Piper US LLP. Mr. Gerrard served as Joint Global Head of the Litigation and Regulatory group at DLA Piper US LLP. He served as the Managing Director of Optical Reference Systems Limited. He specialised in white collar crime work in a corporate environment. One of Neil Gerrard's particular areas of expertise was regulatory investigations and defending prosecutions undertaken by a range of UK, US and European regulators, including the Serious Fraud Office, HM Revenue & Customs, the Department of Trade & Industry, the Department of Justice, the Financial Services Authority and the Office of Fair Trading. Neil Gerrard has extensive experience in the execution of search warrants, interviews under caution and compulsion statements and is a former Metropolitan Police officer. Since joining private practice, he was involved in many of the largest, high profile investigations carried out by UK regulators. Neil Gerrard was appointed to undertake investigatory work as an independent specialist on behalf of regulatory bodies. He regularly advised on corporate governance issues and in particular undertakes Audit Committee investigations post the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He also advised on risk management, internal controls, and accountability. He is widely recognised as an international expert in criminal and regulatory investigations. Neil Gerrard was profiled in The Lawyer's Hot 100 list of top legal practitioners in the UK. He is recommended in the Legal 500 2009, the Chambers UK Guide 2009, and The International Who's Who for white collar crime 2008. He regularly advised non-UK corporates on the UK and European regulatory climate. He lectures and advises companies on managing internal procedures, regulatory compliance, and liability. Neil Gerrard is frequently quoted in the broadcast media and national press and writes regularly in the legal and specialist trade press.