SEC Whistleblower Filing Spurs Additional Media Scrutiny of JBS

Following our recent filing of an SEC Whistleblower complaint against Brazilian meat giant JBS, the company has continued to attract media scrutiny. The latest investigative piece comes from Amy Guthrie, Law.com International’s Latin America correspondent. The article names four prominent law firms that advised on the disputed JBS bond issuances. We expect that the SEC’s Climate and ESG Task Force will examine the roles played by not only JBS but also by its professional advisors, and we trust that the SEC’s attorneys will follow the facts where they lead.

The article quotes Kevin Galbraith on the subject:

“Our submission to the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower is directed at the issuer itself, JBS, rather than at the law firms or investment banks that advised and underwrote the bonds,” Kevin Galbraith, attorney for Mighty Earth, told Law.com International via email. “It is the SEC that will decide whether to examine the role such professional advisors played in JBS’s conduct.”

If you are aware of other examples of companies misleading investors through “greenwashing” claims, please contact a securities fraud attorney at The Galbraith Law Firm by emailing kevin@galbraithlawfirm.com or calling 212.203.1249, for a free confidential consultation and evaluation of your potential whistleblower claim. Whistleblowers can be either company insiders or outside observers who have detected corporate wrongdoing.