Anti-Corruption
Investigations andCompliance
Skadden has extensive experience and a deep history in advising anddefending clients in matters involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act (FCPA) and related international laws, including the U.K. Bribery Act
2010 and laws implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and U.N.
Convention Against Corruption. We have been a leader in this field fortwo decades, representing companies, audit and special committees, andindividuals in some of the most significant enforcement matters broughtby the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Departmentof Justice (DOJ).

Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of anti-corruption
matters, including internal investigations and the defense ofgovernment investigations, enforcement actions and criminal/civil
proceedings. Skadden has successfully resolved numerous mattersthat resulted in declinations or other settlements favorable to ourclients, including a rare complete victory in U.S. Securities andExchange Commission v. Sharef et al., which decision remains a key
jurisdictional holding in the FCPA space to this day.

Skadden also helps multinational companies develop and implement
anti-bribery compliance programs and conduct anti-corruption
due diligence on transactions. Our attorneys have helped
numerous corporations across industries develop or enhancestate-of-the-art compliance programs. We train boards, senior
management and employees on anti-bribery issues. Our vast
experience in compliance and investigations enables us to provide
this advice in an efficient, cost-effective manner.

Anti-corruption matters invariably involve multiple locations, countries and regulators. Cross-border cooperation between United States
authorities and their international counterparts in these matters
continues to increase, and prosecutors outside of the U.S. have madeanti-corruption investigations and prosecutions a priority. Our global
reach, depth and experience enable us to perform fact-finding andanalysis in connection with complex business matters in every country in which our clients conduct business. Our experience inanti-corruption spans six continents and a host of industries,
including life sciences, technology, telecommunications, oil andgas extraction and services, media and advertising, construction
and infrastructure, food and beverage, and consumer goods. We are
well-versed in the issues that arise in cross-border investigations
and are experienced in successfully navigating the complicated legal
landscape when business conduct results in international proceedings that require a strategically coordinated response.

Skadden is among an “elite group of law firms” described by Global
Investigations Review that have handled the majority of FCPA
settlements since 2008, and is cited as fourth among all law firms
in number of FCPA settlements handled. The firm was named The
American Lawyer’s 2019 White Collar/Regulatory Litigation
Department of the Year as well as the Transatlantic 2019 Investigations Team of the Year. Our team features several former SEC
enforcement attorneys, including a former deputy director forenforcement and a former deputy director of legal andregulatory policy resident in Skadden’s Washington, D.C. office;several former U.S. attorneys; and a former legal advisor for theDOJ at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Moreover, Skadden’sinternational reach extends to Paris, Frankfurt, London, Munich,Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and São Paulo.
Our bench of highly skilled international lawyers helps provide us
with the necessary resources to address anti-bribery issues whereverand at the time they arise and offers cost efficiencies to our clients.

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