Sonali Patel

Sonali D. Patel is a partner in Willkie's Litigation Department. She is based in the Firm's Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on representing multinational corporations and individuals in high-stakes cross-border investigations and enforcement matters involving foreign corruption, fraud, insider trading, money laundering, tax evasion, and national security issues.

Sonali regularly advises Fortune500 companies and global organizations on internal and government-facing investigations, as well as on corporate compliance programs. She is a trusted advisor on compliance and risk mitigation in the context of mergers and acquisitions, international operations, and emerging technologies. With a distinguished background in both government service and private practice, Sonali offers clients a strategic perspective on complex white-collar matters. Sonali served at the Department of Justice for 10 years, most recently holding the title of Assistant Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit, and prior to that as a trial attorney in the division. While there, she led more than 50 FCPA-related investigations, working on some of the unit's most significant individual prosecutions. She also served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, focusing on fraud, public corruption, cybercrime and violent crime investigations.