White Collar Defense and Investigations

White Collar Defense and Investigations Legal Services in the United States

We have deep and diverse experience representing clients in enforcement matters and criminal, civil, and regulatory investigations involving the: 

• US Department of Justice (DOJ)
• US Attorney’s Offices 
• US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• State attorneys general
• Other federal and state regulators  

First-Hand Government Enforcement Experience

Our US-based team is comprised of former senior officials from the DOJ’s Criminal Division and Civil Division, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, the White House Counsel’s Office, as well as two former US Attorneys, a former member of DOJ’s FCPA Unit, and nearly a dozen former federal prosecutors and supervisors from US Attorney’s Offices and state attorney general offices nationwide. 

We have represented clients in nearly every significant US government investigative and enforcement initiative in the last 50 years. Recent examples include the FTX investigation, Operation Kleptocapture, the January 6 Committee investigation, multiple Office of Special Counsel investigations, the global auto emissions scandal, Brazil’s Operation Carwash, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the subprime mortgage crisis, the Unaoil investigations, Petrofac, Rio Tinto, the Madoff investments Ponzi scheme, Enron, WorldCom, and many more. Collectively, our White Collar Defense and Investigations team has litigated hundreds of criminal matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Our decades of government experience give us deep, first-hand insight into how enforcement agencies and regulators operate, enabling us to pursue an advocacy strategy designed to minimize our clients’ reputational, financial, and liability exposure. 

White Collar Defense and Investigations Legal Services Across Europe and Asia

We assist clients with matters involving the:

• UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC)
• Monetary Authority of Singapore
• BaFin
• Other regulators throughout Europe and Asia