Paul Hastings
With widely recognized elite teams in finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and special situations, litigation, employment, and real estate, Paul Hastings is a premier law firm providing intellectual capital and superior execution globally to the world’s leading corporations, investment banks and asset managers. We partner with our clients to understand their business and the challenges ahead of them. In the face of transformative change, we help them reimagine what’s possible — and move forward.
Cooley LLP
Cooley’s white-collar defence and investigations practice combines the reach of a global platform with the focus of a specialist team. Founded in the United States and now firmly transatlantic, the group handles government-facing and internal investigations for corporations, financial institutions, boards and senior executives. Its lawyers are experienced in fraud, bribery, money-laundering, sanctions and export-control matters, as well as congressional, data-privacy and cybersecurity investigations.
Docket Navigator
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and analytics platform that delivers deep insights into US federal patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, securities and trade secret litigation. Based in Texas, Docket Navigator’s unique and innovative approach to modeling court cases in a digital platform has made it a must-have tool for patent litigators in the US, including over 16,000 attorneys, judges, clerks, litigation support firms, expert witness firms, tech companies and researchers. Docket Navigator delivers insights to its subscribers via a daily email called the Docket Report, customised daily alerts, a searchable online database, and powerful analytics tools. Eighty-eight of the AmLaw 100 firms, and 28 of the top 30 ‘busiest’ patent litigation firms (based on the number of patent cases filed each year) maintain subscriptions to Docket Navigator.
Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides the highest quality legal advice and representation to clients around the world. The results the Firm achieves have set it apart for more than 140 years and have become a model for the modern practice of law. Today, S&C is a leader in each of its core practice areas and in each of its geographic markets.
S&C’s success is the result of the quality of its lawyers, the most broadly and deeply trained collection of attorneys in the world. The Firm’s lawyers work as a single partnership without geographic division. S&C hires the very best law school graduates and trains them to be generalists within broad practice areas. The Firm promotes lawyers to partner almost entirely from among its own associates. The result is a partnership with a unique diversity of experience, exceptional professional judgment and a demonstrated history of innovation.
Clients of the Firm are nearly evenly divided between U.S. and non-U.S. entities. They include industrial and commercial companies; financial institutions; private funds; governments; educational, charitable and cultural institutions; and individuals, estates and trusts. S&C’s client base is exceptionally diverse, a result of the Firm’s extraordinary capacity to tailor work to specific client needs.
S&C comprises more than 900 lawyers who serve clients around the world through a network of 13 offices, located in leading financial centers in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. The Firm is headquartered in New York.
S&C’s success is the result of the quality of its lawyers, the most broadly and deeply trained collection of attorneys in the world. The Firm’s lawyers work as a single partnership without geographic division. S&C hires the very best law school graduates and trains them to be generalists within broad practice areas. The Firm promotes lawyers to partner almost entirely from among its own associates. The result is a partnership with a unique diversity of experience, exceptional professional judgment and a demonstrated history of innovation.
Clients of the Firm are nearly evenly divided between U.S. and non-U.S. entities. They include industrial and commercial companies; financial institutions; private funds; governments; educational, charitable and cultural institutions; and individuals, estates and trusts. S&C’s client base is exceptionally diverse, a result of the Firm’s extraordinary capacity to tailor work to specific client needs.
S&C comprises more than 900 lawyers who serve clients around the world through a network of 13 offices, located in leading financial centers in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. The Firm is headquartered in New York.
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Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (including its associated entities) is an elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board. Clients know they can rely on Davis Polk for their most challenging legal and business matters. From offices in the world’s key financial centers and political capitals, our more than 1,000 lawyers collaborate seamlessly to deliver exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions.
Forensic Risk Alliance
Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) is a specialist forensic accounting and investigations firm focused on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Founded in 1999 by Toby Duthie, Frances McLeod and Greg Mason, the firm first gained prominence through an engagement with Swiss and German authorities to distribute compensation to Holocaust survivors. Since then, it has evolved into a recognised adviser to multinational clients and counsel involved in global regulatory and enforcement proceedings.
FRA’s early expansion established key hubs in London (2000) and Providence (2004), followed by offices in Paris (2007), Washington DC (2008) and Zurich (2009). The firm continued to build its international network through the 2010s, opening offices in Dallas, New York and, more recently, Dubai and Seoul, the latter through a joint venture. Today, FRA has more than 180 professionals across 9 global locations, speaking over 30 languages and with experience working in more than 100 countries. Its largest offices are in London, Washington DC and Paris, which together account for much of its global investigations capability.
The firm describes itself as a purely forensic practice, with over half of its work dedicated to investigations. Its more than 150 forensic accounting and forensic technology specialists provide integrated expertise across data analytics, e-discovery, forensic accounting and compliance remediation.
FRA’s early expansion established key hubs in London (2000) and Providence (2004), followed by offices in Paris (2007), Washington DC (2008) and Zurich (2009). The firm continued to build its international network through the 2010s, opening offices in Dallas, New York and, more recently, Dubai and Seoul, the latter through a joint venture. Today, FRA has more than 180 professionals across 9 global locations, speaking over 30 languages and with experience working in more than 100 countries. Its largest offices are in London, Washington DC and Paris, which together account for much of its global investigations capability.
The firm describes itself as a purely forensic practice, with over half of its work dedicated to investigations. Its more than 150 forensic accounting and forensic technology specialists provide integrated expertise across data analytics, e-discovery, forensic accounting and compliance remediation.
Milbank
Milbank’s white-collar defence and investigations practice is anchored in New York, Washington, DC and London, advising corporates and financial institutions in high-stakes, multi-agency investigations and prosecutions. The group’s lawyers handle matters spanning fraud, market manipulation, corruption, sanctions, cyber incidents and bribery, including proceedings under the FCPA and UK Bribery Act. Much of its work involves parallel investigations across jurisdictions, often requiring coordination with regulators in the US, UK, EU and Asia.
Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray, a preeminent, global law firm, has been ranked in the top-three on The American Lawyer's prestigious "A-List" for seven years and is ranked #1 on Law.com International's "A-List" in the U.K.—rankings that honor the "Best of the Best" firms. The firm has approximately 1,500 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.
WilmerHale
WilmerHale is a leading international law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers located throughout 12 offices in the United States and Europe. Our lawyers work at the intersection of government, technology and business, and we remain committed to our guiding principles of:
Providing quality, world-class legal and client services;
Promoting a culture of opportunity and inclusiveness;
Fostering an environment that promotes an entrepreneurial spirit, collaboration and collegiality by drawing on the exceptional talents and varied experience of our lawyers;
Encouraging lawyers and staff to perform public service and give back to the community through pro bono work, government service, service to the bar, teaching, and supporting public institutions and charitable organizations; and
Hiring and retaining exceptionally talented lawyers who possess the common trait of outstanding academic and personal achievements
Providing quality, world-class legal and client services;
Promoting a culture of opportunity and inclusiveness;
Fostering an environment that promotes an entrepreneurial spirit, collaboration and collegiality by drawing on the exceptional talents and varied experience of our lawyers;
Encouraging lawyers and staff to perform public service and give back to the community through pro bono work, government service, service to the bar, teaching, and supporting public institutions and charitable organizations; and
Hiring and retaining exceptionally talented lawyers who possess the common trait of outstanding academic and personal achievements
ALM | Law.com
Law.com provides lawyers within the world’s leading law firms and legal departments (Global 200, Law.com subscribers, GCs at the F1000) with news and analysis of the global legal industry, insights into what’s happening across all sectors of the legal industry in all major markets around the world. Law.com is the world’s legal authority, offering quality local coverage with global insights & trends on the entire legal industry to give international lawyers the competitive edge and business intelligence needed to grow their business worldwide.
Lexology
Lexology delivers the most comprehensive source of international legal updates, analysis and insights. Publishing in excess of 450 articles every day from over 900 leading law firms and service providers worldwide across over 50 work areas in 25 languages. Lexology’s searchable archive now contains more than 1,000,000 articles. Endorsed by more than 100 associations, corporations and corporate counsel groups, Lexology is not only considered an invaluable resource of its kind, but also regarded as the industry benchmark.
The Association of Corporate Investigators (ACi)
The Association of Corporate Investigators (ACi) is an international non-profit organisation established by corporate investigators to cater to the diverse needs of the corporate investigation community, ranging from newcomers to experienced professionals, across various industries.
The ACi is the leading independent professional body and industry voice on corporate investigations. We aim to provide the gold standard in training, certification and continuing professional development. Led by our members, we create networking, knowledge sharing and career opportunities, and provide central resources, thought leadership and benchmarking.
The ACi is the leading independent professional body and industry voice on corporate investigations. We aim to provide the gold standard in training, certification and continuing professional development. Led by our members, we create networking, knowledge sharing and career opportunities, and provide central resources, thought leadership and benchmarking.
The International Academy Of Financial Crime Litigators
An exclusive collective of litigation professionals and academics form The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators (The Academy), whose shared mission is to understand and resolve economic crimes worldwide through judicial practices, research and professional collaboration. Founded in 2018 in collaboration with the Basel Institute on Governance: The Academy, where theory meets practice.
WWCDA
The Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA) promotes the common business and professional interests of attorneys and other professionals who specialize in white collar and other defense and compliance and ethics work. Their clients are corporations, other organizations and individuals facing government enforcement actions (criminal, civil, regulatory, and administrative), internal investigations, other defense and compliance and ethics matters. WWCDA promotes equal opportunity for all in the legal and consulting professions, including organizing business activities to facilitate networking and business development opportunities, and providing educational programming focused on the defense of government enforcement actions, conducting internal investigations, other defense matters, and counselling on compliance and ethics matters.
WWCDA has more than 4,700 members in 51 chapters around the world. Many of our members have previously served in government positions and in corporate roles. Notable members include former corporate General Counsels and Chief Compliance Officers, as well as former prosecutors and high ranking government officials.
WWCDA has more than 4,700 members in 51 chapters around the world. Many of our members have previously served in government positions and in corporate roles. Notable members include former corporate General Counsels and Chief Compliance Officers, as well as former prosecutors and high ranking government officials.
