When facing the threat or reality of a government investigation or litigation, clients rely on our world-class trial and government experience to conduct rigorous internal investigations and effectively use the investigative record to secure declinations and discreet, favorable resolutions. When resolution is not possible, we use our proven white-collar criminal and civil litigation and trial experience to successfully defend them in court.

Our team includes more than 100 former government leaders, federal prosecutors, congressional investigators and senior executive branch officials, as well as litigators and trial lawyers who have dedicated their entire careers to white-collar criminal and civil defense. Collectively, we have handled investigations before:

• Every litigating division of the U.S. Department of Justice
• All SEC offices and specialized enforcement units
• 73 of the 93 U.S. Attorney’s Offices
• The U.S. Congress
• State Attorneys General offices across the U.S.
• The UK Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, and National Crime Agency
• And others

We have led cross border investigations on every continent and routinely navigate the complexities of parallel U.S. and foreign proceedings.

We advise our clients across all types of investigation and advisory work, including:

• Internal investigations, including independent board-driven matters, audit driven reviews, whistleblower-driven inquiries
• Government investigations, advocating for our clients throughout the investigative process and seeking declinations where possible
• False Claims Act/Qui Tam and other litigation, including trials against the federal government, state AGs and plaintiff lawyers 
• Individual representations, including witnesses and subjects/targets of investigations
• Compliance advisory work, including due diligence, risk assessments, and development, enhancement, and remediation of financial crime compliance programs

We regularly manage large-scale subpoena responses while advising on crisis management, governance, remediation and reputational considerations.

Our experience spans the full range of government enforcement priorities, including:

• Life Science and Healthcare fraud
• Financial Services misconduct 
• Energy
• Technology
• Higher Education
• Professional Services 
• Manufacturing and Construction
• Securities enforcement
• Economic sanctions and Anti-money laundering
• Tax investigations
• Congressional investigations
• National Security and Corporate espionage matters
• Environmental investigations
• Cartel, Anticorruption and FCPA investigations