Tarek Helou

Experience

Tarek Helou is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he represents companies in internal investigations and defends companies and individuals in multi-jurisdictional government enforcement actions. He also handles crisis management and advises clients on risk assessments, compliance, and due diligence, with a focus on anti-corruption matters. Tarek, a former supervisor in the U.S. Department of Justice's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit, has deep expertise in all aspects of government investigations. At the DOJ, he led or supervised more than 100 FCPA investigations focusing on every major industry. Those investigations have resulted in FCPA, wire fraud, money laundering, and tax charges against publicly traded and privately held companies, board members and executives, and senior foreign government officials.

Tarek is an experienced trial lawyer and investigator who has a deep understanding of how prosecutors think and how the Justice Department approaches criminal cases. His practice is driven by this experience and his insight into what the Justice Department and other U.S. and foreign government agencies expect companies to do when they conduct internal investigations, interact with the government, and implement and improve their compliance programs.