White-Collar Defense

Our White-Collar Defense Group advises and defends leading multinational corporations, and frequently their senior officers and directors, in a broad range of criminal and regulatory matters. The team includes numerous former federal prosecutors and regulators, as well as leading white-collar criminal practitioners, giving clients direct insight into how enforcement authorities evaluate and pursue cases.
 
We are known for resolving matters quietly and favorably for clients, frequently without prosecution, litigation, or public exposure. The group has also achieved no-charge outcomes for corporate clients and individual executives across FCPA, accounting fraud, market manipulation, and securities fraud investigations, including matters involving former CEOs, CFOs, and chief risk officers of major public companies and financial institutions.
 
Equally critical is our track record of fighting and winning in the courtroom. Our team has tried cases across the country, covering the full spectrum of allegations of white-collar criminal or regulatory misconduct, and prevailed. That record reinforces our credibility in advocating for clients seeking to avoid charges.
 
The group’s work has earned industry-wide recognition: Law360 named Willkie a White-Collar Practice Group of the Year, citing the firm’s general excellence and landmark matters including a cornerstone Second Circuit LIBOR manipulation victory. Chambers USA ranks the practice and its members among the elite for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, with clients praising our team’s ability to achieve strong results regardless of a case’s size or complexity.