Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
USA Guide 2024 : Colorado
Band 3
About
Provided by Perkins Coie LLP
Perkins Coie's White Collar & Investigations practice successfully represents Fortune 100 companies and individuals in a wide range of complex matters at the federal, state and local levels, and advises clients on all aspects of corporate compliance programs. Collectively, the team’s tenure as recent federal and state prosecutors, SEC counsel, SEC Chief Litigation Counsel and attorneys from regulatory agencies, allows us to use our experience to successfully defend individuals and companies, both domestic and international, facing the most serious criminal and civil allegations, including health care fraud, securities violations, and antitrust violations, as well as False Claims Act and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act offenses.
We conduct sensitive, high-profile internal investigations for corporate clients and advise clients about proactively addressing industry and client-based probes to mitigate reputational, brand and litigation risk.
We also design and implement corporate compliance procedures, provide training programs, and audit those procedures to measure compliance.
We have managed numerous parallel criminal and civil proceedings with federal and state prosecutors as well as many government agencies and regulatory bodies, including the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Internal Revenue Service and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Chambers Review
Perkins Coie LLP handles a range of sophisticated white-collar criminal matters locally, nationally and internationally. The firm has extensive experience before an array of administrative agencies and is well known for its trial and appellate work. Its sector expertise covers life sciences, energy and sports. It is often sought out by multinationals for its expertise in internal investigations, and demonstrates further experience in DOJ enforcement, anti-bribery and FCPA investigations and disclosures.
Work Highlights
- Perkins Coie reached a favorable settlement for The Solomon Foundation in a federal defamation lawsuit against Christian Financial Resources Inc.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The service level and responsiveness of the Perkins Coie team is spectacular. Throughout the entire litigation process, they are there to reassure us and explain the process and formulate the best defense possible."
"The firm's client base provides it with excellent commercial perspective."
"The attorneys are pragmatic in their approach and stage phases of work thoughtfully from both a risk and cost perspective."
"The service level and responsiveness of the Perkins Coie team is spectacular. Throughout the entire litigation process, they are there to reassure us and explain the process and formulate the best defense possible."
"The firm's client base provides it with excellent commercial perspective."
"The attorneys are pragmatic in their approach and stage phases of work thoughtfully from both a risk and cost perspective."
Notable Practitioners
Markus Funk handles criminal actions concerning fraud, FCPA violations and other matters. He is also instructed to conduct internal investigations and to provide advice on anti-corruption compliance.
"Markus has strong expertise and adds value during analysis from a legal and risk perspective."