Our team works with Baker McKenzie lawyers worldwide to provide strategic advice and counseling on a broad range of regulatory, enforcement, investigatory and compliance matters, including:
Crisis Management and Reputational Risk
Our team is equipped to guide clients through prompt and tactical decision making while providing comprehensive advice about domestic and international legal regimes to minimize the impact of crises and protect the company’s brand and business.
Our global platform and unparalleled cross-border capabilities allow us to support clients across a wide range of crisis scenarios, ensuring that clients are best positioned to rapidly navigate crises and mitigate legal and reputational risks.
Sanctions and Export Controls
We represent clients in civil and criminal enforcement matters, internal investigations, complex advisory matters, classification and licensing, M&A due diligence and post-closing compliance integration, risk assessments, and developing and enhancing sanctions and export controls compliance programs.
Our global team comprises seasoned professionals with extensive experience in cross-border sanctions and export controls investigations, including cases before Office of Foreign Assets Control, Bureau of Industry and Security, and DOJ, and key agencies outside of the US, such as the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation and the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom and a range of regulators across the European Union, the Asia-Pacific Region and Latin America.
We also support clients on emerging trade-adjacent national security driven rules, including the ICTS (Information and Communications Technology and Services) regime and the new DOJ bulk data transfer rules.
Customs & Import Compliance
Our customs lawyers move at the speed of the ever-changing tariff landscape, representing companies across a full range of transactions (including M&A) and in administrative and enforcement proceedings. They have extensive experience advising companies in various industries on tariff mitigation strategies, supply chain optimization and FCC import restrictions.
CFIUS, FOCI and Foreign Investment
We have an unparalleled track record in successfully representing clients in national security reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
We assist clients in navigating the complexities of foreign direct investment controls and provide strategic guidance on development and negotiation of mitigations commitments, handling foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) assessments, and navigating the new outbound investment rules.
Our team includes a former DOJ CFIUS official and former NSA official who managed sensitive CFIUS cases.
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Our cybersecurity team helps clients manage legal risks associated with cyber intrusions and data breaches, providing comprehensive monitoring, legal review, and strategic guidance to ensure compliance with cybersecurity regulations while maintaining a competitive advantage. In this capacity, we have represented clients in Congressional investigations predicated on allegations of cyber intrusion designed to damage US national security.
Congressional Investigations
Our team regularly provides strategic guidance and representation to clients facing investigations or testimony before the US Congress, ensuring effective advocacy throughout the process. We also advise on legislative matters and work to secure legislative support for complex international trade issues, helping clients achieve favorable outcomes in key policy areas.
In addition, we provide consultative advice on lobbying, anti-bribery and gift rules for federal, state, and local jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Our team defends corporate and individual clients before DOJ and the SEC in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and actions, frequently winning declinations. We also advise clients on anti-corruption compliance, third-party due diligence, M&A diligence and post-acquisition integration and conducts risk assessments and internal investigations.
In these multi-jurisdictional matters, we work closely with our Investigations, Compliance & Ethics (IC&E) practitioners from around the world.
Anti-Money Laundering
We assist financial institution and non-financial institution clients with identifying and addressing anti-money laundering (AML) risks and building comprehensive, global AML compliance programs as well as providing day to day transactional and M&A diligence advice.
We also regularly represent clients, including individuals, in both regulatory and criminal money laundering enforcement actions. Our practitioners come not only from the government, but also some of the world’s largest financial institutions. They work with our sanctions and export control and anti-corruption teams from around the globe to ensure comprehensive multi-jurisdictional AML advice.
Foreign Agents Registration Act
We counsel corporate and individual clients on compliance with FARA, which requires anyone acting in the US on behalf of foreign principals to register with DOJ and disclose their activities. When necessary, we also defend corporate and individual clients in FARA enforcement matters.
