We have extensive experience leading high-profile internal investigations on nearly every continent. We handle investigations involving: anti-bribery/anti-corruption/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Bank Secrecy Act; congressional investigations, cybercrime; economic espionage, embezzlement; False Claims Act; fraud; insider trading; international sanctions; money laundering; securities and investment; and unfair competition.  We also regularly handle sensitive workplace investigations and have a dedicated team of lawyers that serve on our Workplace Harassment taskforce. Additional information about investigations pertaining to a number of these areas is below.

We address prevention, detection and remediation across U.S. and international anti-bribery and anti-corruption issues, including compliance programs, internal investigations and third-party due diligence. Our experience includes representing an independent FCPA Monitor, who was jointly appointed by the DOJ and SEC. More about FCPA counsel.

Our 360-degree counsel covers compliance program drafting and implementation; proactive code of conduct review and trainings; day-to-day compliance counseling and issue spotting. More about our Compliance & Internal Controls services, including our Asia-Pacific Compliance and Latin American Compliance practices.

Experienced in bet-the-company cases involving billions of dollars in claims, Perkins Coie attorneys have significant depth in False Claims Act (FCA) counseling for defense contractors, healthcare companies, and individuals. More about False Claims Act representation.

Insights from team attorneys who are former SEC enforcement branch chiefs and attorneys drive our defense on SEC issues, including claims related to blockchain and cryptocurrency. We are lead defense counsel for numerous blockchain/digital asset/cryptocurrency companies, sellers of ICOs, advisers, private funds and trading platforms in connection with investigations by the SEC and DOJ. We are also playing an instrumental role in shaping government efforts to regulate and legislate practices in blockchain and cryptocurrency. More about Securities and Commodities Enforcement counsel.

We have experience with a range of cyber threat actors—criminal as well as state actors of all levels of sophistication. Resources for clients in the increasingly regulated environment of cyber activity include counsel from a former Chief of the National Security & Cybercrimes Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois and an in-depth Privacy & Security Law practice team.

As the first Am Law 100 law firm with a practice dedicated to this area, Perkins Coie addresses compliance concerns raised by the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and other well-known transnational anti-corruption laws as well as by emerging  legal requirements. More about Supply Chain and CSR counsel. 

The increasingly global outbreak of the COVID-19 has stifled the tourism economy in China and other affected regions and led to strict quarantine measures that have drastically reduced individual mobility. The dramatic surge in the number of patients in need of critical medical care has strained health care systems and therapeutic resources.  

If you interface with a governmental, quasi-private, or private health care facility, tourism company, or import-export business in an affected area, here are some know-your-customer and anti-corruption considerations to bear in mind:

1. Are goods flowing across a restricted transportation zone and, if so, what documentation is available that establishes they qualify for a transport exception or are otherwise permitted? Formal documentation may help protect against allegations of complicity in unauthorized import or export activity.
2. Are current sales of medical treatment or testing equipment pursuant to an established course of dealing? Irregular sales patterns, especially involving medical resources implicated in treatment or diagnosis of the novel coronavirus, may reflect the presence of illegitimate influence over providers.
3. Is a new tourism or hospitality contract covering an affected area the product of an established bidding or selection process? Corruption could underlie the award of new public or semi-private tourism contracts, particularly in affected countries with less robust legal regimes that have imposed strict limits on individual mobility.
4. Are there any indications that health care providers associated with your or your counterparty’s business accord preferential treatment to an individual or group of individuals? Many affected countries whose health systems are under strain have instituted treatment queues, circumvention of which could expose even secondary actors to sanctions and scrutiny.

Our Asian offices and attorneys in our White Collar & Investigations and Supply Chain Compliance practices possess deep experience in these areas and are here to help.