Laura N. Perkins

Laura Perkins serves as Co-Chair of the Global Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance U.S. practice group, and Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.  

Laura is a former senior official and prosecutor with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).  Laura’s practice focuses on high-stakes government and internal investigations, crisis management, white collar criminal defense and cross border compliance counseling, risk assessments, and due diligence.

As a skilled investigator and trial lawyer, Laura assists corporations, boards of directors, audit committees, and senior executives with sensitive internal investigations and proceedings before the DOJ, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and other U.S. and international agencies, with a particular focus on FCPA/anti-corruption, financial fraud, sanctions violations, money laundering and healthcare fraud.     

Prior to joining the firm, Laura spent nearly ten years at the DOJ, most recently serving as Assistant Chief of the FCPA Unit of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General.

While at the DOJ, Laura supervised, prosecuted and tried some of the largest individual and corporate FCPA cases in the U.S. and was involved in the development of the FCPA Pilot Program and the drafting of the FCPA Resource Guide. Laura also oversaw nearly a dozen independent compliance monitors and served as a U.S. Delegate to the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.  

In addition to FCPA cases, Laura successfully investigated and prosecuted complex financial fraud cases, healthcare fraud cases, and money-laundering cases while at the DOJ. In her role as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, Laura advised DOJ leadership on white-collar criminal cases and policy matters and assisted with responding to Congressional inquiries and investigations.

Investigations

• Representing a multinational transportation company in a multi-jurisdictional DOJ-facing FCPA investigation
• Conducting a sensitive investigation for a large global hospitality company involving allegations of bribery, financial fraud, safety incidents and conflicts of interest
• Representing a medical device manufacturer before the DOJ, HHS OIG, and State AGs in connection with alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act statutes
• Representing a multinational company in a multi-jurisdictional government-facing investigation into allegations of terrorist financing, sanctions, and money laundering activities
• Conducting a sensitive investigation for a healthcare company involving allegations of executive workplace misconduct and securities violations
• Conducting an internal investigation into potential data breaches for a large multinational company
• Conducting a sensitive investigation into potential crypto fraud for a large entertainment company

Individual Representations

• Representing a senior executive of an oil and gas company in connection with DOJ and CFTC investigation into potential FCPA violations and commodities fraud
• Representing a senior executive of a Fortune 100 automobile manufacturer in a DOJ and SEC investigation into potential securities fraud, accounting fraud and wire fraud
• Representing a senior executive of a telecommunications company in connection with a DOJ investigation into potential FCPA violations
• Representing senior executives of a large financial institution in connection with a DOJ investigation into anti-money laundering violations

Compliance Advisory Matters

• Representing a Global 500 aerospace company in a company-wide review and upgrade of its compliance program
• Representing a Global Fortune 500 infrastructure company with its self-monitoring and compliance reporting to the Department of Justice
• Serving on the team acting as compliance monitor for the World Bank for a large Chinese state-owned entity that was debarred for fraudulent conduct
• Conducting third-party and transactional due diligence for a leading global oil and gas company
• Providing FCPA legal advice and anti-corruption compliance counseling to leading multinational corporations, including financial services, technology, aerospace, energy, construction, oil and gas, transportation, and life sciences companies