Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Our team has unsurpassed experience in counseling and defending U.S. and foreign companies and individuals in matters relating to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar anti-corruption laws. We are frequently contacted when a potential corruption issue arises, and are go-to counsel for investigations and enforcement proceedings before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Multilateral Development Banks, including the World Bank. In addition, we advise clients considering transactions in high-risk markets or with business partners with high anti-corruption risks. We also counsel clients who are designing compliance programs and in conducting risk assessments.
Mark Mendelsohn Quoted in The Washington Post and Bloomberg News
Litigation partner Mark Mendelsohn was quoted in articles appearing in The Washington Post and Bloomberg News on July 14 and 15, respectively. The articles discuss the controversial plans of U.K. prosecutors to send as much as $30 million pounds ($45.7 million) from a BAE Systems Plc bribery probe settlement to Tanzania, the country where officials took the payoffs.
Mark said that whenever funds are returned in this fashion, "There is a grave danger that you're returning the money to the very people that took the bribes in the first place. The last thing one wants to do is fuel corruption in the name of fighting it."