Kwame Manley

Kwame Manley is the global co-chair of the Paul Hastings Litigation Department, and the former chair of the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings. Based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, Kwame focuses his practice on white-collar criminal defense, internal corporate investigations, and complex civil litigation.

A former federal prosecutor, Kwame defends individuals and companies before various agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and other federal and state entities. He has worked with multinational companies on all facets of FCPA and OFAC compliance and enforcement, including internal investigations, third-party due diligence, transactional due diligence, compliance audits and corruption risk assessments. Kwame has performed complex, internal investigations in over 20 countries throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, North America and South America.