Mr. Zubairi regularly practices before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and other federal and state agencies. His practice includes representing companies and individuals in civil and criminal government investigations and securities litigation, conducting internal investigations, advising clients on investment services matters, counseling clients during regulatory examinations, counseling clients on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters and providing general compliance and remediation advice.

Mr. Zubairi has successfully represented public companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, accounting firms, officers and directors, accounting professionals and attorneys in complex matters involving financial statement restatements, alleged financial fraud, books and records and internal control violations, audit deficiencies, alleged FCPA violations and compliance issues, whistleblower allegations, conflicts of interest, board governance and oversight, supervision and insider trading.

Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Zubairi was a senior attorney with the SEC, Division of Enforcement. At the SEC, Mr. Zubairi was the lead attorney on numerous high-profile investigations and litigations involving investment adviser and broker-dealer misconduct, financial fraud, officer and director liability, insider trading and pay-to-play practices. Mr. Zubairi spearheaded several complex investigations that resulted in substantial settlements against large public companies.

Further, while at the SEC, Mr. Zubairi also coordinated effective parallel investigations with federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Illinois Commerce Commission.

For his outstanding work, Mr. Zubairi received the Division of Enforcement Director's Award, as well as several Special Act awards.

From 2016 to 2023 Mr. Zubairi has been ranked by Chambers USA in the Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois) category and was recognized as an “Other Noted Practitioner,” in 2015, as well as “Up and Coming” in 2013 and 2014. He is also recomended by The Legal 500 US for the categories of Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation Defense and Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: advice to individuals. He has also been selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the Criminal Defense Law: White Collar Federal Regulatory Law and Securities & Venture Finance Law categories. In addition, he was selected for inclusion from 2010 to 2012 in Illinois Rising Stars.

Mr. Zubairi regularly speaks at conferences and seminars regarding securities topics. He was also recently mentioned in the SEC Today article, “Panelists Discuss Regulators’ Concerns and Defense Strategies at ALI-ABA Conference” and in the Compliance Week article “SEC to Focus More on Data in Examinations, Inspections.”