Bristow Group Inc BRSWQ (last ticker on record)

CIK 73887Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
SEC/DOJ scrutiny
95% wipeout
Delisting notice (not a red flag)
Bankruptcy
Restructuring

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: 5; Newest began May 2019
Largest fall in its shares: 99%; Nov 2013 to May 2019
Law firms: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 6; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Oct 9, 2019Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 15, 2019Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 13, 2019Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 13, 2019Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 7, 2019Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Feb 20, 2019Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 6, 2018Shares down 95% from their high
Sep 26, 2007An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Nov 25, 2005Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-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
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP	Sep 2012	Named in a filing	130	0.97	0.59	1.27
Phelps Dunbar	Sep 2012	Named in a filing	48	0.53	0.00	1.11
Baker Botts L.L.P.	Aug 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	495	1.32	0.09	1.03
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP	May 2006	Named in a filing	117	1.13	0.97	1.24
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.	Jul 2003	Named in a filing	783	1.09	0.11	1.03
Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casteix, L.L.P.	Sep 2002	Named in a filing	14	3.10	0.00	1.37
Fulbright & Jaworski	Mar 1997	Named in a filing	359	1.10	0.75	1.35
Fishman Haygood	Jul 2003	Text search only	15	3.12	0.00	0.64
Shearman & Sterling	Jul 2003	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Jul 2003	Text search only	1,396	1.28	0.11	0.92

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
Andrew J. EricksenBaker Botts L.L.P.	May 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	31	0.63	0.97
John D. GeddesBaker Botts L.L.P.	Aug 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	12	2.27	1.35
Jeffery B. FloydVinson & Elkins L.L.P.	Jul 2003	Named in a filing	21	1.18	1.58
Arthur H. RogersFulbright & Jaworski	Mar 1997	Named in a filing	8	0.69	2.08
C. MICHAEL HARRINGTONVinson & Elkins L.L.P.	Jul 2003	Text search only	10	2.40	2.61
John B. TehanSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Jul 2003	Text search only	33	2.25	0.59