Global enforcement outlook
What to expect from the authorities in 2021
White-collar defence and corporate crime
Credibility and authority when you need it most.
The world's leading companies and financial institutions turn to Freshfields to help them manage corporate crime risk and respond to allegations, investigations and criminal prosecution.
Our international team represents multinational companies and financial institutions during multijurisdictional investigations relating to allegations of price fixing, securities and commodities fraud, insider trading, bribery, sanctions violations, money laundering, accounting fraud and market manipulation. Indeed we have been involved in some of the largest and most high-profile financial conduct and anti-bribery and corruption investigations in the world.
We also manage simultaneous internal investigations in several countries. We co-ordinate global logistics, develop defence strategy across jurisdictions, assess tactics vis-à-vis relevant government regulators and prosecutors, and lead fact-finding and discovery efforts across international borders.
Our team includes former senior prosecutors in the UK, Continental Europe, the US, and Asia who work with our experienced white-collar and criminal defence lawyers to give a sophisticated view of the risks our clients face and the options for addressing them.
Client successes
Successfully defending Raoul Weil, former CEO of UBS's wealth management division, in a US federal jury trial in which he was acquitted.
Mr Weil was the most senior Swiss banker charged in the US Department of Justice's long-running investigation of Swiss banks and bankers for allegedly assisting US taxpayers in evading billions of dollars of US taxes on assets secretly held in Switzerland.
Helping a major UK corporate to negotiate the first co-ordinated settlement between them, the UK Serious Fraud Office and the World Bank.
Acting as monitor, as appointed by the US Department of Justice and MoneyGram, to review and assess MoneyGram’s compliance with its deferred prosecution agreement and legal obligations under the anti-money laundering and anti-fraud laws in the US and around the world.
Conducting an investigation on behalf of the German Football Association (DFB) into alleged irregular payments relating to the tender for or financing of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Disputes, litigation and arbitration
- Administrative and public law
- Antitrust litigation
- Banking and financial services
- Commercial litigation
- Construction and engineering
- Environment
- Global investigations
- Human rights
- Intellectual property and data
- International arbitration
- Product liability
- Public international law
- Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Securities and shareholder litigation
- White-collar defence and corporate crime
Our team
Dimitri Lecat パートナー
Paris
Ali Sallaway パートナー
London
Geoff Nicholas コンサルタント
London
Norbert Nolte パートナー
Düsseldorf
Aaron Marcu Senior Counsel
New York
Timothy Howard パートナー
New York
John Choong パートナー
Hong Kong
Matthew Bruce パートナー
London
Dr. Simone Kämpfer パートナー
Düsseldorf
Ben Morgan パートナー
London
Christopher Robinson パートナー
London
Eric B. Bruce US Head of disputes, litigation and arbitration, and global investigations
Washington, DC, New York