Steve Spiegelhalter

Practice Areas

Mr. Spiegelhalter is a former federal prosecutor, in-house counsel, and compliance officer who now serves as a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Disputes and Investigations practice and the North America Investigations Practice Leader. He specializes in investigating alleged payments to government officials, commodities market manipulation and other market conduct violations, asset misappropriation, money laundering, bank and wire fraud, false claims, and other alleged criminal activity and regulatory violations.

Mr. Spiegelhalter brings nearly 25 years of experience and has conducted hundreds of matters involving business conduct in over 50 countries. He has worked with clients in a range of industries including financial services and fintech, natural resource exploitation (commodities including oil and gas, iron mining and drilling services), technology, professional services, government, defense contracting, insurance, aviation, healthcare, life sciences, and medical device manufacturing.

Mr. Spiegelhalter also counsels clients on their compliance programs, including companies under government investigation, external monitorship, and self-reporting requirements. Mr. Spieglehalter consults on the entire compliance lifecycle from deal desk to post-transaction audits, risk assessments, compliance audits, post-investigation remediation, and corporate compliance transformations. He frequently leads teams that independently test compliance programs and presents findings to the United States Department of Justice, United States Securities & Exchange Commission and other US and foreign regulators.

Career

Mr. Spiegelhalter’s notable background includes his time as a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit; as an Assistant United States Attorney; as in-house counsel and compliance officer at a Fortune 40 technology company; and in private law practice at a multinational law firm.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

International Bar Association

National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners