Attorneys with Government Insight.

Our trial lawyers have extensive experience aggressively defending clients in high-profile cases against the government. We are former government litigators with experience litigating disputes from both sides.

International Reach.

Our criminal and regulatory practice is primarily cross-border, often involving simultaneous investigations by law enforcement authorities in several countries.  We are the only litigation boutique with former U.S. prosecutors permanently stationed in offices in Europe and Asia.  As a result, we have deep experience with international extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty issues, as well as the laws that most often arise in international criminal cases, including FCPA, IEEPA, the antitrust/competition laws, and ITAR, among others.

High-Profile, Media Cases.

Most of our engagements involve matters in which our client is the subject of significant public attention.  We regularly coordinate with PR/crisis communications firms to provide our client with an integrated defense on both legal and reputational fronts.

Industry and Regulatory Know-How.

We focus much of our work on the financial services, pharmaceutical, energy, and defense contracting industries, among others, and have developed a deep reservoir of experience in substantive issues in these sectors.

Our lawyers are also skilled in dealing with most governmental and regulatory agencies, including:

In conjunction with correspondent counsel, we have also defended clients against various non-U.S. regulators, including among others:

Areas of Focus.

Securities / Commodity Futures. With an integrated team of financial analysts and several former members of the joint U.S. Department of Justice-U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission-U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Task Force (the "Securities & Commodities Fraud Task Force"), our firm has deep knowledge of complex cases involving derivatives, futures trading, structured products, and other financial subjects.

Accounting and Tax Fraud. Our team includes several lawyers with deep experience in dealing with public company accountancy matters from prior service in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as in the Securities & Commodities Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. We also have deep experience defending against tax evasion charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service, CID and have acted in some of the largest matters in this area.

Antitrust. With former U.S. government lawyers working out of our London and Hong Kong offices, who work closely with our antitrust team in Washington DC, we are well equipped to address cartel cases involving clients worldwide. Our lawyers have worked on many of the largest international cartel cases in recent history, including in the areas of air cargo, industrial carbon brushes, LCD flat panels, rubber chemicals, freight forwarding, and other industries. Our partners frequently speak on matters relating to criminal cartel investigations and have served as a contributing author to the treatise Antitrust Law Developments published by the American Bar Association.

Public Corruption / FCPA / Government Fraud. We have extensive experience in a variety of government fraud and public corruption laws, including those involving alleged official bribery, government contracting fraud, and Medicare/Medicaid fraud, among others. We have conducted numerous investigations involving alleged FCPA violations in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa, and have represented private clients charged with FCPA violations in well-known matters such as the KBR case involving alleged Nigerian bribery, and the 22-defendant military equipment supplier FCPA "sting" case brought in the U.S. District Court in Washington DC. Additional representative cases include:

Insider Trading. Our team of former U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys regularly represent clients in U.S. government investigations involving allegations of insider trading, conspiracy, and securities fraud, among others. We have been involved in some of the most high-profile investigations including the recent Galleon insider trading investigation, which exposed the largest hedge fund insider trading scheme in U.S. history. Our other representative cases include:

National Security. Our partners include former prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security and Terrorism areas, who are knowledgeable in navigating the maze of U.S. national security laws affecting foreign companies, including import/export controls, U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") SDN lists and Interpol watchlists, among others.

Asset Forfeiture / Money Laundering. We have handled some of the largest cases in this practice area defending against attempted freezing and seizure of assets by various governments, including the United States, the Russian Federation, Brazil, and Nigeria, among others. Our ability to litigate in offshore jurisdictions through our English barrister partners provides our firm with a unique ability to deliver integrated solutions to clients facing a combined "onshore-offshore" legal attack by a government seeking to forfeit allegedly corrupt assets. Other representative cases include:

Industrial Disasters / Product Liability. We have represented clients involved in criminal investigations arising out of several highly publicized industrial and product liability disasters.

International Extraditions / MLATs. Our firm is the only U.S. member of the Extradition Lawyers Association, an international organization of lawyers based in London who focus solely on extradition matters. We run a service that tracks major extradition-related cases of interest and also regularly hold seminars to educate various Embassy officials from a wide range of countries on various bilateral and multi-lateral extradition, MLAT, and prisoner transfer treaties.