Scott S. Rose Partner MAIN OFFICE: New York Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, N.Y. 10019-6099, U.S.A. T 212-728-8502 F 212-728-9502

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Scott S. Rose is a partner in the Litigation Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. Mr. Rose specializes in general commercial litigation, securities litigation, SEC and other governmental and regulatory investigations, and internal investigations.

Mr. Rose served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frederic Block, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (1997-1998).

• Representing Big 4 accounting firm in securities class action arising out of alleged accounting improprieties at developer and distributor of video-game software.
  
  
• Representing Big 4 independent auditor for family of mutual funds in state court class action arising out of the New York Attorney General’s and the SEC’s market timing investigation.
  
  
• Representing former CFO of company that produces and markets metal-based specialty products in securities class action and SEC proceeding arising out of alleged accounting improprieties.
  
  
• Representing hedge fund in civil RICO litigation.
  
  
• Representing media company in Freedom of Information Act action.
  
  
• Representing Simon Property Group in its hostile takeover bid for Taubman Centers, Inc.
  
  
• Representing life insurance company in class action alleging discrimination in connection with the sale of small face life insurance policies.
  
  
• Conducting internal investigations involving a major computer company, a Federal Home Loan Bank, an insurance and financial services company, a reinsurance company, a supplier of equipment and services to the transportation industry, and a leading manufacturer of beverage dispensing systems.
  
  
• Representing reinsurance company in SEC and DOJ investigations arising out of accounting irregularities.
  
  
• Representing insurance and financial services company in SEC investigation arising out of accounting rregularities.
  
  
• Representing Big 4 accounting firm and its auditors in SEC and DOJ investigations arising out of accounting irregularities and restatements at companies for which it serves as auditor.

Mr. Rose spoke at ALI-ABA’s Accountants’ Liability seminar on Audit Committees and Audit Committee Investigations and the Reinsurance Association of America’s Re Underwriting program on "Lessons Learned from the Finite Reinsurance Investigations."

Mr. Rose is the author of "The Special Inspector General for TARP: The New Enforcer and the Next Wave of Investigations," Financial Fraud Law Report (Sept. 2009); "TARP Enforcement: Latest Developments and Insights," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (July 2009); and "Demand Futility in New York State Court Derivative Actions Arising From Stock Options Backdating," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (Apr. 2009).