Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and
Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European
banks, including by investigating whether the
banks knew or should have known that accounts at the
banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation
company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private
bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European
banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the
bank held under the names of
companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or
companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the
company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European
banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the
banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.