Cheryl J. Scarboro

Cheryl Scarboro is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Simpson Thacher & Internal Investigations Practice.

Ms. Scarboro is joining the Firm following a 19 Securities and Exchange Commission, most recently as the Chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange of Enforcement. During her tenure at the SEC, Ms. Scarboro led a wide variety of major investigations and enforcement actions. As head of the SEC’s FCPA practice, Ms. Scarboro played a role in all of the SEC’s rece Department of Justice (DOJ) and regulators around the world. In particular, Ms. Scarboro led the SEC’s investigation of Siemens, A.G., which led to an unprecedented $1.6 billion settlement with the SEC, DOJ and German regulators, the largest settlement to date under the FCPA. She also led investigations that resulted in actions against 15 companies and three individuals charged with making illicit payments to the Iraqi government in order to win contracts under the United Nation’s Oil a Luxembourg-based global steel pipe supplier and manufacturer, Ms. Scarboro pioneered the SEC’s first use of a deferred prosecution agreement as a means of resolvin in a manner that recognized the entity’s cooperation.

In addition to FCPA matters, during her time at the SEC, Ms. Scarboro has been responsible for a number of significant financial fraud cases, including the SEC’s recent action invol Satyam Computer Services Limited, and several major insider trading cases, including the SEC’s recent action against a hedge fund manager alleged to have orchestrated a $30 million insider trading scheme.

During her career at the SEC, Ms. Scarboro ha Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement and as counsel to former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt.

She earned her J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1989 and her B.A. from University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1986.