2009-11-10 14:42:09 -

H5, a global provider of automated information retrieval products and services for the legal industry, today announced that it has named Bart M. Schwartz, an expert in complex investigations, monitoring and compliance, and white-collar crime, to its Financial Services Advisory Board. Mr. Schwartz has over 30 years’ experience managing domestic and international investigations, and formerly served under then-United States Attorney Rudolph Giuliani as Chief of the Criminal Division in the Southern District of New York. The appointment deepens H5’s expertise in the financial services sector and strengthens the company’s regulatory compliance and investigations practices.

“With his vast background spanning white-collar criminal investigations, corporate advisory work, and law enforcement, Bart brings a wealth of experience to H5 and its corporate clients,” said

Nicolas Economou, H5's CEO. “We are confident that Bart’s insight and leadership will help us extend our foothold in this market as financial services institutions are increasingly recognizing the need to take proactive measures to assess their information risk and prepare for investigations and regulatory requests.”

H5 is actively engaged in helping financial institutions prepare for heightened regulatory scrutiny by developing and implementing cost-effective information management strategies specific to meeting organizations’ regulatory compliance, investigation, and litigation needs. Through the application of its proven search technology and expertise, H5 helps clients.



- Expertly cull and analyze data
- Conduct accurate and efficient responsive reviews
- Comply with requirements for the preservation and retention of electronic information
- Implement effective information governance programs


Mr. Schwartz has extensive experience as a trial lawyer, corporate advisor, CEO of an internationally recognized investigative and security firm, and expert in complex investigations and prosecutions. He has managed and conducted numerous domestic and international engagements for a wide array of clients in both public and private sectors, including a worldwide review of Hewlett-Packard’s investigative practices and procedures following its pretexting scandal; review of Smith Barney’s compliance with the Independent Research settlement case with approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and monitoring of British Petroleum Oil’s North American commodity trading operations.
As the Chief of the Criminal Division in the Southern District of New York, Mr. Schwartz had direct responsibility for overseeing all financial and business fraud, organized crime, and other prosecutions.

He was also a partner in a New York law firm specializing in federal civil and white-collar litigation.

H5’s Financial Services Advisory Board is comprised of industry veterans and notable business leaders who offer strategic guidance in support of the company’s efforts to deliver cost-effective, proven search expertise to help financial institutions address legal and regulatory information management challenges.

Other members of H5’s Financial Services Advisory Board are John C.

Dean, former Chairman and CEO of Silicon Valley Bancshares and Silicon Valley Bank; Michael J. Halloran, Esq., former Counselor to the Chairman and Deputy Chief of Staff at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; Edward Kangas, former Global Chairman and CEO of Deloitte; Paul J. Polking, Esq., former Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and member of the Management Operating Committee for Bank of America Corporation; Stanley Stroup, Esq., former General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company; and Neal L. Wolkoff, Esq., CEO of ELX Futures.



About H5

H5 is an information retrieval firm that helps law firms and corporations search, assess, and manage electronic information. Through a range of advisory and implementation services—including document review, data management, and analysis—H5 finds the information clients need to meet litigation, compliance, and enterprise-wide preservation and retention objectives. Our principled process combines advanced technologies with expertise in law, linguistics, statistics, computer science, process engineering, and e-discovery to reduce clients’ information management costs while minimizing their risk. For more information, visit www.h5.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .



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