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o SEC v. Donald Anthony Walker Young, et al., Case No. 09-cv-01634 (JRP) (E.D. Pa.); o SEC v. Brenda Smith, Broad Reach Capital, LP, Broad Reach Partners, LLC, and Bristol Advisors, LLC, Case No. 19-cv-17213 (New Jersey)
Michael Shanahan is a Senior Director and leader of Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations Philadelphia practice. He specializes in assisting legal counsel and senior management during financial and fraud investigations, as well as with the economic and accounting aspects of litigation. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Shanahan has significant experience advising fiduciaries administer post-bankruptcy and receivership assets, including the pursuit of litigation for the benefit of creditors, review and evaluation of claims, and creditor distributions. He has advised boards and corporations on a range of investigative matters, including financial reporting misstatement, employee misconduct, misappropriation of assets, bid-rigging, and bribery and corruption (FCPA / U.K. Bribery Act). Additionally, he consults and testifies on litigation matters involving financial and accounting issues, including economic damages, fraudulent conveyance, lost profit analysis and business interruption claims. Mr. Shanahan’s notable engagements include conducting an investigation into the business practices and financial reporting of a publicly-traded pharmaceutical distributor amid concerns of fraudulent financial reporting; assisting the Court-Appointed Examiner in a bankruptcy proceeding determine whether certain related-party transactions were structured and implemented to improperly remove assets from the Debtor prior to bankruptcy filing, and investigating the financial transactions of a highly publicized $450 million hedge fund fraud to reconstruct the financial statements and identify additional assets to be liquidated for the benefit of creditors. Additionally, Mr. Shanahan has served as the Financial Advisor to the Court-Appointed Receiver in connection with Ponzi and other fraudulent schemes. In this role, Mr. Shanahan has conducted factual investigations to identify assets and develop litigation claims to increase the recovery for the defrauded investors, reviewed and evaluated claims asserted against the Receivership, and assisted the Receiver develop an equitable distribution methodology and administer distributions related thereto. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Shanahan was a Senior Director with Kroll, where he assisted clients with fraud, fidelity claim investigations, due diligence and business interruption claims. He began his career with a public accounting firm where he assisted clients with forensic accounting and bankruptcy matters, in addition to audit and tax services. Mr. Shanahan earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Villanova University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified in Financial Forensics.
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