GIR again Names Pillsbury a Top Firm for White Collar Investigations and Defense

In its profile, GIR lauds Pillsbury’s work on major cross-border investigations of Iran and Cuba trade sanctions and the firm’s significant role acting for numerous financial institution in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Swiss bank program, including one of the largest government-owned Swiss banks. Pillsbury negotiated settlements under the program for several other clients, including one of Switzerland’s largest private banks. The firm also advised a leading German lender on an internal investigation into its Swiss subsidiary under the program.

The group also is noted for is representation of the former president of uranium transportation company Transport Logistics International in a broad national security-related investigation involving allegations in connection with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and money laundering. GIR further profiles the firm’s successful defense of ex-Magyar Telekom executive András Balogh in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case and its representation of FIFA development officer Julio Rocha in a well-publicized bribery matter.

The profile emphasizes the practice’s well-established international footprint and recognizes a number of Pillsbury lawyers as leading individual practitioners. Highly regarded Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense team co-leaders Mark Hellerer (New York) and William Sullivan (Washington, DC and New York) are commended for their extensive work on behalf of clients, as is New York partner Maria Galeno, who is one of GIR’s 2018 Top Women in Investigations and also serves as a leader of the practice. All three are former federal prosecutors, as is New York partner Carolina Fornos, who is also acknowledged. In addition, the profile recognizes New York partner Anne Lefever, who was named to the publication’s 2017 40 Under 40 list, and Gurmeet Sidhu, who is based in London and focuses on compliance, antitrust and white-collar matters, particularly in the energy and pharmaceutical sectors.

Pillsbury’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice successfully represents U.S. and international clients in large-scale and cross-border government inquiries and civil and criminal litigation. The firm’s lawyers are leaders in defending corporate clients, their officers, board members and executives in federal and state grand jury investigations, state attorney general investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and civil and criminal forfeiture proceedings.

Read Pillsbury’s full GIR 100 profile on Global Investigations Review (subscription required).