White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations
Our lawyers handle sensitive internal and governmental investigations, regulatory proceedings, and related litigation for global public companies, financial institutions, boards, special committees, directors and senior executives, and develop comprehensive compliance programs to help our clients avoid unanticipated scrutiny and manage risk.
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Weil’s global White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations practice includes a number of former federal prosecutors and senior Department of Justice officials. While in government service, lawyers in our practice led the oversight of a wide range of investigations, including more than 50 DOJ prosecutions of FCPA matters and more than 60 prosecutions of insider trading matters, among others. We draw on this impressive substantive and case management experience to provide clients with effective, efficient, and discrete counsel.
We partner with clients to address and mitigate risks associated with a broad range of substantive issues and areas of the law, including:
- Securities Fraud
- Accounting issues
- Financial disclosures
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Antitrust and Competition law issues
- Healthcare Fraud
- Tax Fraud
- Insider Trading
- Environmental regulations
- Qui tam/whistleblower complaints
- The False Claims Act
- Anti-Money Laundering and other economic crimes
In addition, working closely with lawyers across the Firm, we assist our clients at all phases of their compliance efforts, including review of compliance programs, development and implementation of compliance programs and audits, and coordination of internal and governmental investigations.
Selected Representations
Key Contacts
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Ranked among the leading firms in New York for White Collar Crime and Government Investigations.
Chambers USA 2022
Weil’s White Collar practice is described as “adept at handling cross-border and multijurisdictional proceedings by the DOJ, SEC and international regulatory bodies” with “a strong, practical and experienced team that gets good results for its clients.”
Chambers USA
Ranked among the top investigations firms globally for seven consecutive years.
Global Investigations Review’s GIR 100 2015-2021
Weil has a track record of netting its client impressive results. It has proven time and again that it can secure declinations for companies.
Global Investigations Review
In 2018, Weil was recognized by Global Investigations Review as a market-leader in FCPA enforcement, owing to the Firm successfully securing four declinations under the DOJ’s FCPA corporate enforcement policy over the prior two-year period.
Weil is recognized among the leading firms in the U.S. for Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense for both Advice to Corporates and Advice to Individuals.
Legal 500 US 2022
Weil is “excellent on all levels” and offers “exceptional litigators with incredible bench strength and expertise who are “very knowledgeable [and] extremely responsive.”
Legal 500 US