Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. ARI (last ticker on record)

CIK 1467760Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

SEC/DOJ scrutiny
Delisting notice (not a red flag)

These figures describe clients, not conduct. A lawyer or firm can serve many companies that later had trouble for reasons that have nothing to do with their work, and nothing here says any lawyer or firm did anything wrong.

Red flags: 1; Newest began Feb 2017
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 11; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Oct 16, 2026Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Feb 28, 2017A filing mentions cooperating with the Justice DepartmentForm 10-K (opens in a new tab)

An SEC release can name a company’s officer, or its stock as what a scheme sold or moved, so the company may be the victim. Each link goes to what to read.

Law firms

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Fried Frank	Apr 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	540	1.33	0.24	0.94
Clifford Chance US LLP	Jul 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	260	0.92	0.41	0.85
Latham & Watkins LLP	Jul 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
O Melveny & Myers LLP	Jun 2016	Text search only	589	1.07	0.25	1.07
Davis Polk	Apr 2016	Text search only	1,694	1.26	0.06	1.02
Hogan Lovells US LLP	Apr 2016	Text search only	487	0.96	0.26	0.85
Sidley Austin	Apr 2016	Text search only	1,210	1.30	0.14	0.93
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones	Aug 2009	Text search only	11	1.13	0.00	1.84
Venable LLP	Jul 2009	Text search only	506	0.79	0.38	0.73
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Jul 2009	Text search only	889	1.31	0.07	0.59

Lawyers

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Lawyers linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	95% wipeout
William J. CerniusLatham & Watkins LLP	May 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	28	0.94	0.45
Steven EpsteinFried Frank	Apr 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	5	1.47	0.00
Thomas W. ChristopherKirkland & Ellis	Apr 2016	Named in a filing	23	1.46	0.43
JOHN J. SUYDAMO'Sullivan Graev & Karabell	Sep 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	12	0.80	0.89
Andrew S. EpsteinClifford Chance US LLP	Jul 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	17	0.88	0.00
Dennis D. LamontLatham & Watkins LLP	Jul 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	16	0.56	1.39
Jay L. BernsteinClifford Chance US LLP	Jul 2009	Named in a filing	29	0.76	0.00
Raymond Y. LinLatham & Watkins LLP	Jul 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	37	1.31	2.32
Abigail BombaFried Frank	Apr 2016	Text search only	11	2.53	0.67
Paul L. ChoiSidley Austin	Apr 2016	Text search only	21	2.16	0.00
Perry J. ShwachmanSidley Austin	Apr 2016	Text search only	12	0.66	0.00