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Laura N. Perkins

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Washington, D.C.

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Laura Perkins serves as Co-Chair of the Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice group, and Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, DC office. 

Laura is a former senior official and prosecutor with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).  Laura’s practice focuses on high-stakes government and internal investigations, crisis management, white collar criminal defense and cross border compliance counseling, risk assessments, and due diligence.

As a skilled investigator and trial lawyer, Laura assists corporations, boards of directors, audit committees, and senior executives with sensitive internal investigations and proceedings before the DOJ, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and other U.S. and international agencies, with a particular focus on FCPA/anti-corruption, healthcare fraud, financial fraud, and money laundering.  

Prior to joining the firm, Laura spent nearly ten years at the DOJ, most recently serving as Assistant Chief of the FCPA Unit of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.

While at the DOJ, Laura supervised, prosecuted and tried some of the largest individual and corporate FCPA cases in the U.S. and was involved in the development of the FCPA Pilot Program and the drafting of the FCPA Resource Guide.  Laura also oversaw nearly a dozen independent compliance monitors and served as a U.S. Delegate to the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.  

In addition to FCPA cases, Laura successfully investigated and prosecuted complex financial fraud cases, healthcare fraud cases, and money-laundering cases while at the DOJ. Laura also served as a Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, where she advised DOJ leadership on white-collar criminal cases and policy matters and assisted with responding to Congressional inquiries and investigations.

Recognitions

  • Ranked by Chambers USA as one of the leading FCPA lawyers in the United States (2020 – 2022)
  • Recognized in The Legal 500 United States, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense (2019 – 2021)
  • Recognized as one of the top 100 Women in Investigations by Global Investigations Review (2018)

Professional Activities

  • Officer, International Bar Association, Business Crimes Committee

Highlighted Lectures

  • “Kevin Abikoff and Laura Perkins on the FCPA & Anti-Bribery Fall 2022 Alert,” Hughes Hubbard and Reed’s All Things Investigations, Podcast, December 12, 2022
  • Speaker, “The New Realities of Corporate and Individual Liability Risks: Defense Counsel Perspectives on the DOJ’s Enforcement Posture and the Path Ahead,” Panel, 39th Annual Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, November 31, 2022
  • “The Monaco Memo,” Hughes Hubbard and Reed’s All Things Investigations, Episode 12, Podcast, September 26, 2022
  • “Anti-Corruption Issues in International Arbitration,” Hughes Hubbard and Reed’s All Things Investigations, Episode 7, Podcast, July 11, 2022
  • Speaker, “Getting The Most Out of Your Compliance Program,” PLI’s The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Anti-Corruption Developments 2022 Conference, April 21, 2022
  • Speaker, “Restitution Issues in High-Profile White-Collar Settlements,” ABA’s 36th National Institute on White Collar Crime Conference, October 28, 2021
  • Moderator, “Ephemeral Communications Quandaries: How Industry is Updating Policies, Procedures and Monitoring-and What Can (and What Can’t) Yield Cooperation Credit,” ACI 37th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, December 3, 2020
  • Moderator, "Inside the TechnipFMC Settlement and Aftermath,” ACI’s Houston Forum on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, January 2020
  • Speaker, "Defending Your Program to the Agencies: Practitioners Discuss Their Experiences Amid the Latest DOJ Guidance and Increased Global Enforcement," ACI’s Thirty-Sixth International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, December 2019
  • Faculty member, "Third-Party Arrangements," Healthcare Compliance Certificate Program of Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ, June 14, 2019, October 18, 2019, October 23, 2020, October 2021
  • "Laura Perkins on the Latest FCPA Enforcement Trends," The Compliance & Ethics Blog, Podcast, March 2019
  • Speaker, “The Grey Areas of Procurement, Sales & Marketing,” ACI’s Thirty-Fifth International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” November 2018
  • Speaker, “Your Global Strategy in Face of Heightened Jurisdictional Risks, Increased International Collaboration and Accelerated Coordinated Prosecutions,” C5’s 7th Annual Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference, October 2018
  • Moderator, Stirring the PEP's Nest: Applying Global Magnitsky Sanctions to Prevent Abuse and Corruption," Compliance Week Sanctions Risk Management Conference, October 2018
  • "FCPA Compliance Report- Laura Perkins on the Hoskins Decision," Episode 398, Podcast, September 2018
  • “Investigations and Monitorships: Practitioner Panel," UC Berkeley Law Compliance Academy, July 2018
  • Speaker, “Former US Prosecutor Discusses New FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy and Recent Cases Involving China,” ACI’s China Forum on Anti-Corruption, June 2018
  • Speaker, “Criminal Enforcement and Prosecution Trends in Relevant Jurisdictions (Topics, Industries, Crimes),” American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section- WisteV Conference on Global Corporate Criminal Liability and International Internal Investigations, May 2018
  • Moderator, "Challenges Maintaining Attorney-Client Privilege in Anti-Corruption Enforcement Actions," The George Washington University Law School, Emerging Issues in FCPA Enforcement Conference, March 2018
  • Co-Chair, ACI's 12th Houston Forum on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, January 2018
  • Speaker, "Taking Stock of FCPA Enforcement Priorities One Year into the New U.S. Administration," ACI's 12th Houston Forum on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, January 2018 
  • “Hypothetical Scenario: Mock Whistleblower Complaint & Interview,” ACI’s Thirty-Fifth International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, November 2017
  • “Towards Global Corporate Criminal Liability?” International Bar Association Annual Meeting, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, October 2017
  • “No Longer Business as Usual: (What) a Year in Review,” C5’s 6th Annual Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference, September 2017
  • “Does a defensible anti-corruption compliance program mean that it is understood in the field,” MetricStream GRC Summit, June 2017
  • Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute (GICLI) Annual Meeting, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, October 2016
  • Women, Influence & Policy in Law Conference, FCPA Spotlight: Department of Justice Pilot Program for Self-Disclosure, September 2016
  • “FBI and DOJ: Where We Are Today and the Road Ahead,” Protiviti, FCPA & Kleptocracy Conference, May 2016
  • “FCPA and U.S. DOJ Update: Inside the Role of the New U.S. Compliance Counsel, Impact of the Yates Memo and U.S.-Brazilian Investigation and Enforcement Cooperation,” American Conference Institute, 6th Brazil Summit on Anti-Corruption, May 2016
  • “FCPA Compliance Town Hall: The Latest FCPA Compliance Standards and How to Overcome Program Implementation Challenges,” American Conference Institute, FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry, April 2016
  • “In the Crosshairs: Financial Institutions and the FCPA,” Financial Women’s Association,  December 2015
  • “Data Privacy Case Studies: How to Manage the Risk of Foreign Data Privacy Violations in the Context of Internal and Government FCPA Investigations,” American Conference Institute, 32nd International Conference on the FCPA, November 2015
  • “Ask the Enforcers: The Most Significant Enforcement Trends and Greatest Risks in Global Commerce Today,” WESFACCA (The Association of Corporate Counsel for Westchester and Fairfield Counties), October 2015
  • “A New Look at FCPA Enforcement,” Compliance Week, May 2015

Highlighted Publications

  • Co-author, with Kevin Abikoff, Jan Dunin-Wasowicz and Laura Vittet-Adamson, "Compliance and International Arbitration: Once Separate, Now Becoming Inextricably Linked," Corporate Compliance Insights (May 2022)
  • Co-Author, with Kevin Abikoff, Michael A. DeBernardis, and Christine Kang, "Multilateral Development Bank Monitorships," GIR Guide to Monitorships, 3rd Edition, p.353-368 (April 2022)
  • Co-author, with Kevin Abikoff, "The Fine Line Between 'Cutting Red Tape' and Throwing Out the Play Book," Corporate Counsel (April 2020)
  • Co-author, with Marie-Agnès Nicolas, “France Issues Inaugural Convention Judiciaire d’Intérêt Publica,” Revue Internationale De La Compliance Et De L’Ḗthique Des Affaires (International Review of Compliance and Business Ethics) (March 2018)

Quotes & Interviews

  • Quoted in "DOJ anti-bribery settlements hit new high in 2020," Reuters Legal, February 24, 2021
  • Quoted in "Corruption, compliance and post-Covid outlook," Commercial Dispute Resolution, February 24, 2021 
  • "Quoted in "ECCP Refinements Encourage Companies to Make Compliance a Positive Feedback Loop," The Anti-Corruption Report, June 24, 2020
  • Quoted in "A Close Look at the New ECCP's Commentary on Compliance," The Anti-Corruption Report, May 29, 2019
  • Quoted in "Analyzing the DOJ's New Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs," The Anti-Corruption Report, May 15, 2019
  • Quoted in "Cognizant Case Offers GCs Warning On Shirking FCPA," Law360, February 26, 2019
  • Quoted in "When Is an Individual 'Substantially' Involved in a Crime?" The Anti-Corruption Report, February 6, 2019
  • Quoted in "Changes to Justice Manual on Individual Prosecutions Moderate but Preserve the Yates Memo," The Anti-Corruption Report, January 23, 2019
  • Quoted in "Justice Limps Along As Civil Matters Get Shelved During Shutdown," Bloomberg News, January 11, 2019
  • Quoted in "Corruption Enforcers Discuss Benefits and Pitfalls of Increasing International Cooperation," The Anti-Corruption Report, January 9, 2019
  • Quoted in "Former Hong Kong Minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping Convicted in US Court on 7 of 8 Counts in Bribery and Money-Laundering Case," South China Morning Post, December 6, 2018
  • "New Anti-Bribery Alert Shows Companies How to Avoid FCPA Land Mines," Corporate Counsel, Interview, November 28, 2018
  • Quoted in "'Business Friendly' Monitorship Memo Gives Leverage to Companies," Global Investigations Review Just Anti-Corruption publication, October 23, 2018
  • Quoted in “Life As an FCPA Recidivist: How Stryker’s Seemingly Minor Violations Became a Major Problem,” The Anti-Corruption Report, October 18, 2018
  • Quoted in “France Smacks Down Second-Largest Bank to Become Key Bribery Cop,” Bloomberg News, June 5, 2018
  • “Hughes Hubbard & Reed Partner Laura Perkins on FCPA Enforcement Under Trump,” Corporate Crime Reporter, Interview, March 31, 2018
  • Quoted in “5 Takeaways from the ‘New’ FCPA Corporate Charging Policy,” Law360, November 29, 2017
  • Quoted in “SBM Offshore CEO’s Admission of ‘Willful Blindness’ Unusual, Lawyers Say,” Global Investigations Review Just Anti-Corruption publication, November 21, 2017
  • “Former Prosecutor Laura Perkins Discusses the Importance of Remediation for Full Cooperation Credit,” The Anti-Corruption Report, Interview, November 15, 2017

Highlighted Matters

  • Conducting an internal investigation for a large transportation company related to allegations of bribery and representing the company before the DOJ and foreign regulators
  • Conducting an internal investigation for a healthcare company related to allegations of workplace harassment and securities violations
  • Conducting an internal investigation for a large global company involving allegations of bribery, financial fraud, safety incidents and conflicts of interest
  • Representing a medical device manufacturer before the DOJ, HHS OIG, and State AGs in connection with alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act statutes
  • Serving on the team acting as compliance monitor for the World Bank for a large Chinese state owned entity that was debarred for fraudulent conduct
  • Representing a multinational company in a DOJ investigation into allegations of sanctions violations and money laundering activities
  • Advising a global commodity trading firm on internal investigation into potential FCPA violations
  • Representing a senior executive of a Fortune 100 automobile manufacturer in a DOJ and SEC investigation into potential securities fraud, accounting fraud and wire fraud
  • Representing an executive of a multinational aerospace company in a DOJ and SEC investigation into potential FCPA violations and money laundering violations
  • Conducting third-party and transactional due diligence for a leading global oil and gas company
  • Providing FCPA legal advice and anti-corruption compliance counseling to leading multinational corporations, including financial services, technology, aerospace, energy, construction, oil and gas, transportation, and life sciences companies
  • Advising a Global 500 company in connection with a company-wide review and upgrade of its compliance program
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Education
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2001
  • College of William and Mary, B.B.A., Finance and Government, 1997, cum laude
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  • District of Columbia, 2002
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