Geeta Malhotra

Practice Areas

GEETA MALHOTRA focuses her practice on white collar criminal matters, internal investigations, government enforcement actions, cybersecurity matters, and complex civil litigation. She has been described by clients as “an outstanding attorney” who “combines both intellect and practical counsel,” and is “very knowledgeable and very customer-oriented.”

Geeta has extensive experience conducting complex internal investigations on a variety of matters, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), fraud and bribery, privacy and wiretapping, cybersecurity, anti-kickback issues and drug promotional practices, and securities regulations. Geeta defends individual and corporate clients before law enforcement and regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and various state attorneys general. In addition, Geeta conducts anti-corruption and compliance diligence in the corporate transaction context, counsels clients in the development of FCPA and other anti-corruption policies, and trains clients on anti-corruption policies, FCPA enforcement, and other investigation issues.

Clients also rely upon Geeta to navigate high-stakes cybersecurity and privacy matters, including data breach response as well as the resulting litigation and government inquiries that often follow. Geeta has served as on-call data breach counsel for clients across several industries. In this respect, she has worked closely with forensic experts on issues relating to cybersecurity and privacy. In addition, she advises clients with respect to the preparation for sophisticated cybersecurity incidents, including on the development of policies as well as the presentation of trainings and tabletop exercises.

In the civil litigation context, Geeta’s practice includes representing clients in state and federal courts in matters involving, for instance, contract disputes, business tort and consumer fraud claims, claims for trade secret misappropriation, and claims for breach of fiduciary duty.