Laura N. Perkins

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.

• 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