Mathieu Rossignol is Counsel in the Global Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance practice group at Hughes Hubbard. He advises clients in matters involving the French Sapin II Law, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act, international anti-corruption laws, corporate governance and compliance, Corporate Social Responsibility and human rights.
Mathieu has participated in the performance of compliance audits, internal investigations and worldwide due diligence reviews on third-party agents, joint-venture and consortium partners, in the context of monitorships, internal compliance program audits and mergers & acquisitions. He also assists various clients with French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) audits.
As part of a two-year secondment with a leading engineering and technology company for the energy transition, Mathieu managed and carried out risk mappings, compliance audits, anti-corruption compliance trainings, as well as several internal investigations.
Publications
“A Heat Wave From the North, A Look at Canada’s New Deferred Prosecution Agreement Regime”, Revue internationale de la compliance et de l’éthique des affaires (April 2019) (with J. Osendarp and T. Grove)
Anti-Corruption Law and Compliance: Guide to the FCPA and Beyond, Bloomberg BNA, 2014 (contributor)
Highlighted Matters
Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations
Current representation of multinational “supermajor” oil and gas company in connection with a global risk assessment and compliance audit, in coordination with a compliance monitor.
Current representation of multinational engineering and construction company in worldwide review of activities.
Current representation of multinational industrial manufacturing company in resolution of World Bank investigation.
Pro Bono
Assisted in U.S. asylum petition for a persecuted lawyer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo whose life had been threatened because of her legal representation of certain victims of sexual violence.
