John Auerbach Joins Nardello & Co. as a Managing Director

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nardello & Co. LLC, a leading global investigations firm, today announced that John Auerbach has joined its New York office as a Managing Director. Mr. Auerbach brings over 20 years of experience managing complex domestic and international corporate investigations, litigation, compliance assessments, and M&A advisory projects. He has a decade of experience working on the ground in Shanghai and throughout Greater China and is widely recognized as a subject matter expert on issues related to fraud, corruption, and operational risk management in the region.

Most recently, Mr. Auerbach was a Managing Director for the investigations and strategic intelligence practice at a global consulting firm in New York, where he specialized in corporate corruption and financial crime investigations, cross-border litigation and compliance advisory. Prior to this role, he was a partner in the forensic services group at a multinational professional services firm and managing partner of the firm’s forensic practice in Greater China for nine years. He has also previously held the role of Managing Director and leader of the mainland China practice at a corporate investigations and risk consulting firm.

“Having led numerous high-profile, global investigations and compliance reviews in response to the international regulatory enforcement, we are confident John’s addition to the team will greatly benefit our clients and I am delighted to welcome him to our New York office,” said Dan Nardello, Chief Executive Officer of Nardello & Co. “John’s deep expertise in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in China, will enable him to provide an enormously valuable and unique perspective to our clients at a time when companies are increasingly faced with risk management issues related to their operations in the region.”

“It is a privilege to join the world-class team at Nardello & Co.,” said Mr. Auerbach. “I look forward to leveraging my experience to provide our clients with best-in-class support as they grapple with these complex issues around the world.”

Biography

John Auerbach has over 20 years of experience managing complex domestic and international corporate investigations, litigation, compliance assessments, and M&A advisory projects. He specializes in corporate integrity issues related to anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering & sanctions compliance, third-party risk management, and financial fraud.

As a forensic investigation, business intelligence and compliance specialist, he has led numerous high-profile investigations and compliance reviews around the world in response to US and overseas regulatory enforcement, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, antitrust, anti-dumping and sanctions violations, as well as securities fraud and accounting restatement matters. He has particular experience conducting these matters within the life sciences, financial services, consumer product, and technology sectors.

Prior to joining Nardello & Co., John was a Managing Director at a global consulting firm. Before that, Mr. Auerbach was partner in the forensic services group at a multinational professional services firm. He was managing partner of the firm’s forensic practice in Greater China for nine years before returning to its US forensic practice in New York. Before that, he was a Managing Director with a corporate investigations and risk consulting firm and leader of the firm’s mainland China practice. He is a fluent Mandarin speaker and a widely recognized subject matter expert on issues related to fraud, corruption, and operational risk management in China.

Mr. Auerbach holds an MA in International Affairs from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a BA in Asian Studies from Bowdoin College.

About Nardello & Co.

Nardello & Co. is a global investigations firm whose experienced professionals handle a broad range of issues including due diligence, anti-corruption & fraud investigations, civil and white collar criminal litigation and arbitration support, asset tracing, activist defense, political risk and strategic intelligence, digital investigations and cyber defense, monitorships and independent investigations, and compliance.

Their clients include the world’s leading law firms and financial institutions, Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, governments, NGOs, sports organizations, and academic institutions.

With offices in New York, London, Washington DC, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Milan, and Dubai, Nardello & Co. maintains a professional staff that includes former US federal prosecutors, US and international lawyers, former law enforcement personnel and intelligence operatives, licensed investigators, research analysts, former journalists, financial crime specialists, forensic accountants, and computer forensic experts.