Global Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance

Overview

Hughes Hubbard’s Global Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance practice is widely recognized for its exceptional results and depth of experience in complex, cross-border investigations and enforcement matters. The team represents global corporations and individuals across industries, advising on sensitive internal investigations, government enforcement actions and compliance challenges worldwide. Our attorneys draw on decades of experience as former government enforcement officials, in-house counsel and outside advisers, bringing practical and strategic insight to each matter.

The team advises on investigations and compliance matters across a wide range of subject areas, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and anti-corruption, sanctions and export controls, financial and accounting fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, workplace misconduct, congressional inquiries and investigations by the World Bank and other multilateral development banks.

Hughes Hubbard advises clients across the full investigations, enforcement and compliance lifecycle, from conducting internal investigations to representing clients before leading U.S. and international regulators. With experience handling matters in more than 90 countries, the practice is supported by an international and multilingual team fluent in over a dozen languages. The group is consistently recognized by Chambers (Global, USA and Europe), Global Investigations Review (GIR 100) and Legal 500.

Experience

Our attorneys advise clients on issues spanning the full investigations, enforcement and compliance spectrum, including:

• Structuring and conducting internal investigations in response to evidence or allegations of potential wrongdoing.

• Representing companies and individuals before U.S. and international regulators and enforcement authorities, including the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office, French Anticorruption Agency, UK Serious Fraud Office, Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General, Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office, the United Nations, the U.S. Congress and multilateral development banks.

• Advising clients on post-resolution obligations, including serving as independent compliance monitors or as counsel to companies subject to ongoing reporting and remediation requirements.

• Designing, enhancing and implementing policies, procedures and integrated compliance programs, including anti-corruption and sanctions compliance frameworks.

• Conducting compliance program reviews and risk assessments in response to changes in corporate structure or ownership, regulatory developments or external events.