Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

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Vinson & Elkins represents corporations, audit committees, boards, and executives in high stakes investigations and litigation. In recent years, there has been increasing scrutiny and aggressiveness by government agencies. Our Antitrust, Corporate Governance, Environmental, Government Contracts, Securities, and Tax lawyers collaborate to assist clients in these investigations. Given V&E’s global profile, we have particular experience in international matters involving criminal and civil antitrust investigations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the False Claims Act, securities, health care, and criminal and civil theft of trade secrets. We conduct internal investigations, respond to grand jury and governmental regulatory subpoenas, handle grand jury proceedings and search warrants, negotiate with prosecutors, enforcement staff, and other regulators, and defend clients in criminal pleas, trials, and sentencing.

V&E lawyers assist clients in proactively establishing compliance and auditing programs that satisfy regulatory requirements to help avoid major government investigations. We also defend our clients in civil or administrative litigation that may be filed by the government or private parties as a result of a criminal investigation, including civil fraud suits, qui tam actions, antitrust actions, securities suits, and suspension and debarment. Finally, we assist clients in connection with Congressional and agency inquiries into regulatory compliance and other matters.