MyHHR News Locations EN | FR Practices People Careers Culture Practices People News View All Results > Anti‑Corruption & Internal Investigations English French Overview People Client Advisories Our Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Group represents many of the premier companies around the world, providing advice on issues spanning the full anti-corruption and compliance spectrum, including: Designing and implementing compliance programs Conducting internal investigations Representing companies before domestic and international regulators Serving as designated compliance monitors Counselling companies subject to post-resolution obligations The team has conducted investigations in more than 90 countries involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws, resolved investigations and won landmark decisions for clients before U.S. and international authorities, and has served as compliance monitors approved by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the United Nations. We recognize the sensitivity and urgency of our clients’ matters as well as the discretion they require. We work in small, highly experienced and mobile groups that can be deployed rapidly to meet our clients’ needs. Lawyers in our team include former senior government enforcement officials, corporate compliance counsel, foreign-trained attorneys and certified public accountants. We serve our global clients through our offices in the U.S. and Paris, as well as through our cooperation agreement with Saud Advogados in Brazil and our longstanding relationships with leading local firms in countries across the world. For more information on our Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice, please contact: Kevin T. Abikoff Co-Chair Laura N. Perkins Co-Chair Kevin T. Abikoff Co-Chair Laura N. Perkins Co-Chair Derek J.T. Adler Partner Robert B. Bell Partner Benjamin Britz Partner Charles W. Cohen Partner Michael A. DeBernardis Partner Diego Durán de la Vega Partner Ryan Fayhee Partner Anne Hukkelaas Gaustad Partner Terence Healy Partner Michael H. Huneke Partner Christine Kang Partner Neil J. Oxford Partner Bryan J. Sillaman Partner Elizabeth Solander Partner Nicolas Swerdloff Partner Nicolas Tollet Partner Marc A. Weinstein Partner Roel C. Campos Senior Counsel Tamara Kraljic Counsel Thomas H. Lee Of Counsel Edward J.M. Little Senior Counsel John T. McGoey Counsel Daniel J. McLaughlin Counsel Marie-Agnès Nicolas Counsel Sean M. Reilly Counsel Michael R. Silverman Senior Counsel Ayoka Akinosi Associate Athena Arbes Associate Emma Baker Associate Arnaldo Bernardi Associate Salomée Bohbot Associate Adèle Bourgin Associate Nicolas Burnichon Associate Jan Dunin-Wasowicz Associate Lucie Dzongang Associate Stephen A. Fowler Associate Ashley R. Hodges Associate Maureen A. Howley Associate Clothilde Humbert Associate Aylin Ictemel Associate Carolyn J. Jackson Associate Sarah Jackson Associate Alyssa M. Johnson Associate Robert Kolick Associate Anita Maklakova Associate Sean Mason Associate Megan Mollat Associate Robby S. Naoufal Associate Miles Orton Associate Debbie Placid Associate Guillaume Roche Associate Carter Rosekrans Associate Mathieu Rossignol Associate Samuel Salyer Associate Sergon Sancar Associate Yoshinori Sasao Associate Katherine Taylor Associate Katherine Thomas-Green Associate Diana Tiron Associate Laura Vittet-Adamson Associate Jonathan Zygielbaum Associate Jiaxing Hao International Specialist Niki Khonkarova Helsing International Specialist Aurore Maroteau International Specialist Héléna Soilihi International Specialist Cynthia Teyssou Ramiro International Specialist Firm Named to 2021 Global Investigations Review (GIR) 100 Client Advisories Recent Recognitions for Hughes Hubbard’s Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations Group Client Advisories | Awards What the Biden Administration Will Mean for Japanese Companies Client Advisories Impact of Schrems II On Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs Client Advisories Corruption Settlements, Coronavirus and the Road Paved with Good Intentions Client Advisories SEC’s Recent Whistleblower Award Sends Strong Message to Companies – Do Not Ignore Reports of Compliance Violations Client Advisories Compliance Continuity in the Face of COVID-19 Client Advisories U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Jam v. IFC Increases Pressure on Multilateral Development Banks and Recipients of MDB-Financed Contracts to Detect and Prevent Corruption and Other Sanctionable Practices Client Advisories OFAC Issues Guidance on Sanctions Compliance Programs Client Advisories How is this Guidance Different from All Other Guidance? ― DOJ Asks Three Questions of Corporate Compliance Programs Client Advisories All Aboard! CFTC Jumps on the Anti-Corruption Enforcement Train Client Advisories The DOJ’s New “China Initiative” Places Chinese Companies at Risk Client Advisories FCPA & Anti-Bribery Fall 2018 Alert: Avoiding the Anti-Corruption Landmines Client Advisories Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein Announces New Policy Discouraging "Piling On" Client Advisories In The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation: FCPA Update: Third-Party Risks and Enforcement Actions Client Advisories New FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy May Move the Needle in Voluntary Disclosure Analysis Client Advisories Fraud Section Launches Pilot Program for Voluntary Disclosure of FCPA Violations: Carrot and Stick or Bluff and Bluster? Client Advisories Resource Alert: From Car Wash to Fox Hunt -- A Strange Brew Client Advisories New York Attorney General’s Proposal Furthers a Trend Toward Greater Incentives for Whistleblowing and Greater Risks for Corporations Client Advisories U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Sarbanes-Oxley's Document Destruction Provision. . . But Not that Much Client Advisories FCPA Alert: All Facially Good Deeds May Not Go Unpunished Client Advisories What are the recent World Bank Sanctions Board decisions? Client Advisories Kevin T. Abikoff Partner First-Ever Public World Bank Sanctions Board Decisions Confirm Necessity of Pre-Existing Effective Compliance Programs and Independent Internal Investigations Client Advisories International Cooperation Grows In Anti-Corruption Enforcement Client Advisories FCPA Alert: U.S. and U.K. Authorities Reach Ground-Breaking Settlement with BAE Systems Client Advisories Preeminent Chinese Practitioner Christine Kang Joins Hughes Hubbard Partnership With Practice to Focus on Investigations, Anti-Corruption, Sanctions and International Arbitration News & Events | People Hughes Hubbard欢迎顶尖中国律师康乂作为合伙人加盟 推动多边开发银行调查合规以及国际仲裁业务的进一步发展 News & Events | People Firm Leads Banco Santander’s Auto Lending Unit in $2.5B Deal to Go Private News & Events | Deals & Matters Partner Michael DeBernardis Named a 2021 "Rising Star" by Law360 Articles & Press | Awards | People HHR Lawyers and Practice Groups Recognized by Chambers News & Events | Awards | People Partner Anne Gaustad Named Among Global Investigation Review’s Leading Women in Investigations News & Events | Awards Firm Reps Griffin JV in $1B First-of-Its-Kind Financing News & Events | Deals & Matters In The Anti‑Corruption Report: Taking Advantage of the Intersection of ESG and Compliance Articles & Press Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2021 News & Events | Awards | Pro Bono Firm Leads Grab in Going Public Via De-SPACing Merger at $40B Pro-Forma Valuation News & Events | Deals & Matters In BNamericas: Mexico Faces Potential 'Tsunami' of Arbitration Cases Over Electricity Reform Articles & Press In Power Magazine: The Tsunami Coming for Mexico Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Named Among Latin America's Top Law Firms by Latinvex News & Events | Awards Partner Bryan Sillaman Featured in FCPA Compliance Report Podcast News & Events Annual Review: Key Results News & Events | Awards | Deals & Matters | Diversity | People Firm Advises Roku on Strategic Alliance With Nielsen News & Events | Deals & Matters Hughes Hubbard Releases 2020 FCPA Alert News & Events In Thomson Reuters Practical Law: Anti-corruption and economic sanctions: private acquisitions (France) Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Honored for Airbus Probe at AmLaw Industry Awards News & Events | Awards Hughes Hubbard Promotes Three to Partnership and Five to Counsel News & Events HHR Accompanies BGFIBank, the Leading Bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Obtaining AML 30000® Certification News & Events HHR accompagne BGFIBank, première banque de République Démocratique Congo à obtenir la certification AML 30000® News & Events | Deals & Matters In Private Equity Law Report: Five Steps for PE Sponsors to Establish ESG Policies at Their Portfolio Companies to Suit the Present Moment Articles & Press In The Anti‑Corruption Report: Five Steps to Establishing a Corporate ESG Policy for the Present Moment Articles & Press Firm's Anti‑Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Recognized Again by Décideurs Magazine News & Events Hughes Hubbard Wins GIR Award for Airbus Investigation News & Events | Awards HHR’s Anti-Corruption Team Shortlisted for GIR Award News & Events | Awards | Deals & Matters HHR, Saud Advogados Shortlisted for Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year Awards News & Events | Awards | Deals & Matters Anne Gaustad Named to Global Investigations Review's "40 Under 40" List News & Events | Awards In Corporate Counsel: The Fine Line Between 'Cutting Red Tape' and Throwing Out the Play Book Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Again Named Among Latin Lawyer 250 News & Events | Awards Hughes Hubbard Associate Jan Dunin-Wasowicz Elected Chair of ASIL's Anti-Corruption Law Interest Group News & Events | People In Jota: Compliance Continuity in the Face of COVID-19 Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard renforce son équipe parisienne avec l’arrivée de Félix de Belloy, un avocat chevronné en droit pénal des affaires News & Events | People Hughes Hubbard Strengthens Team With Addition of Leading French Litigator Félix de Belloy News & Events | People Firm Shortlisted for Two Honors in The Deal Awards Middle Market 2020 News & Events | Awards Hughes Hubbard Advises Global IT Leader Infosys in Acquisition of Simplus News & Events | Deals & Matters In Law360: Eyeing Trends In Multilateral Development Bank Enforcement Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Promotes Two to Partnership and Two to Counsel News & Events | People In The Anti-Corruption Report: How to Assess Risk Under Sapin II Articles & Press FCPA & Anti-Bribery 2019 Alert News & Events Firm Named to 2019 Global Investigations Review (GIR) 100 News & Events | Awards Firm's Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Recognized by Décideurs Magazine News & Events Hughes Hubbard Elects Leading Compliance Attorney Nicolas Tollet to Partner News & Events Saud Advogados Shortlisted for Two Global Investigations Review Awards News & Events | Awards In The Anti‑Corruption Report: Revisiting the China Initiative: Will the Focus on FCPA Prosecutions of Chinese Companies Produce Results? Articles & Press In Law360: Subpoenas Against 3 Banks Boost DOJ’s China Initiative Articles & Press Roy (Ruoweng) Liu Joins Hughes Hubbard’s Greater China and International Trade Practices News & Events | People Hughes Hubbard Expands Leading Latin American Practice With Addition of Diego Durán de la Vega and James K. Alford News & Events | People Hughes Hubbard expande práctica latinoamericana destacada con la inclusión de Diego Durán de la Vega y James K. Alford News & Events | People In The Anti-Corruption Report: How AFA Compliance Program Controls Are Changing the French Anti-Corruption Compliance Landscape Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Promotes Four to Partnership and Ten to Counsel News & Events New Anti-Bribery Alert Shows Companies How to Avoid FCPA Land Mines News & Events Hughes Hubbard Selected for Inclusion in the 2018 Global Investigations Review (GIR) 100 News & Events | Awards Olivier Dorgans rejoint le bureau parisien du cabinet Hughes Hubbard & Reed pour y développer la pratique « sanctions économiques, contrôle à l’export et lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et financement du terrorisme » News & Events | People Olivier Dorgans Joins Hughes Hubbard's Paris Office to Develop Sanctions, Export Controls & Anti-Money Laundering Practice News & Events | People In The Anti‑Corruption Report: Preparing for a Sanctions Crackdown on Apparel Companies With Operations in China Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Partner John Wood to Join U.S. Chamber of Commerce as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel News & Events | People In The Anti-Corruption Report: Lessons Learned From the First-Ever French Convention Judiciaire d’Intérêt Public Concluded With HSBC Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Promotes Three to Partnership and Six to Counsel News & Events FCPA & Anti-Bribery Alert Fall 2017 News & Events In Global Investigations Review: SBM Offshore CEO’s admission of ‘willful blindness’ unusual, lawyers say Articles & Press In The Anti-Corruption Report: Former Prosecutor Laura Perkins Discusses the Importance of Remediation for Full Cooperation Credit Articles & Press In NYLJ: Understanding the Full Impact of ‘Kokesh’ On SEC Enforcement Proceedings Articles & Press In Corporate Governance Advisor: Corporate Monitors - How to Avoid One If Possible and How to Deal With One If You Must Articles & Press In Corporate Board Member: Getting Compliance Right Articles & Press In Law360: A Look At SEC’s Rules Of Practice, A Year After Amendments Articles & Press In Corporate Counsel: Conducting Effective Internal Investigations - A Checklist for In-House Counsel Articles & Press In the FCPA Blog: Brazil Releases New Guidance on Anti-Corruption Settlements Articles & Press DOJ Fraud Section Assistant Chief Laura Perkins Joins Hughes Hubbard News & Events | People In Asia Business Law Journal: Need For Clarity Articles & Press In Law360: Hughes Hubbard Adds Sanctions Expert From Treasury OFAC Articles & Press In Law360: Will Corporate Monitor Reports Become Public? Articles & Press Feedback on a Global Paris Compliance Experience News & Events | Event Recap Nicolas Tollet Selected to GIR's Inaugural Survey of Top Worldwide Compliance Professionals News & Events Hughes Hubbard Attorneys Participate in UN Africa Week News & Events Hughes Hubbard Expands Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations Practice News & Events FCPA & Anti-Bribery Alert Fall 2016 News & Events Daniel McLaughlin Promoted to Counsel News & Events Kevin Abikoff of Hughes Hubbard Discusses the Benefits and Risks of African Local Content Laws Articles & Press Kevin T. Abikoff Partner Brazil's Focus on Transparency Articles & Press Enhancing Foreign Investment Protection Through Anti-Corruption Compliance: A Perspective on Doing Business in Africa Articles & Press NY Financial Compliance Landscape May Get Treacherous Articles & Press FCPA/Anti-Bribery Alert Winter 2015 News & Events Kevin Abikoff Quoted by The Wall Street Journal in "Apple E-books Case Shines Light on Compliance Monitors" Articles & Press | People Kevin Abikoff Quoted by Compliance Week in "Rash of Recent Settlements Indicate FCPA Enforcement Trends" Articles & Press | People FCPA/Anti-Bribery Alert Winter 2013 News & Events Kevin Abikoff Quoted by On Wall Street in "Lessons From Mark Cuban's Broker" Articles & Press | People Kevin Abikoff Quoted by Main Justice Regarding Diebold Inc. Articles & Press | People FCPA/Anti-Bribery Summer 2012 Alert Featured on The FCPA Report News & Events Kevin Abikoff Quoted by Women’s Wear Daily Regarding Dangers of Overseas Markets Articles & Press | People FCPA/Anti-Bribery Alert: Summer 2012 News & Events Hughes Hubbard Resolves Bribery Case For Marubeni Corp. News & Events | Deals & Matters FCPA/Antibribery Spring 2011 Alert Featured on FCPA Blog News & Events Kevin Abikoff Featured in Articles by Main Justice and Compliance Week for Monitorship Articles & Press Settlement Reached in Alstom Case a Fraction of Damages Estimated at Outset News & Events | Deals & Matters Kevin Abikoff Quoted by the Wall Street Journal Regarding Renault SA Articles & Press Kevin Abikoff Quoted by The Wall Street Journal Regarding Mark Mendelsohn Articles & Press FCPA Alert: The New 'Sting' of the FCPA Articles & Press Hughes Hubbard Releases 2020 FCPA Alert View News Article Hughes Hubbard Honored for Airbus Probe at AmLaw Industry Awards View News Article Hughes Hubbard Wins GIR Award for Airbus Investigation View News Article Firm's Anti‑Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Recognized Again by Décideurs Magazine View News Article 2020 FCPA & Anti-Bribery Alert FCPA & Anti-Bribery Compendium Subscribe to the FCPA Alert Anti-Corruption Law and Compliance: Guide to the FCPA and Beyond Corporate Governance: Avoiding and Responding to Misconduct Related Areas of Focus Banking & Financial Services Corporate Governance Sanctions, Export Controls & Anti-Money Laundering Securities Litigation White Collar & Regulatory Defense Renewable Energy Also of Interest:Secondary sanctionsantitrust and competition lawArbitrage d'investissement Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Copyright 2021 Privacy Policy & Notice Cookie Policy Legal Notices & Methodologies Attorney Advertising Lehman Contact Locations New York City Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Paris Rio de Janeiro* Tokyo Washington, D.C. *In cooperation with Saud Advogados Recent News Firm Wins Critical Ruling for Syracuse Mountains in PDVSA Bond Case HHR Wins 2nd Circuit Appeal Affirming Dismissal of Disability Discrimination Suit Careers Associate Recruiting Working At HHR Available Positions Culture About Us Diversity Pro Bono Contact