Companies and individuals facing scrutiny from the United States or foreign governments need experienced practitioners available worldwide at a moment’s notice. Greenberg Traurig’s White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice, recently ranked among the Top 10 in Law360's 2015 “Mightiest Practice Groups” in the area of White Collar, has nearly 100 trial lawyers, including a significant number of former prosecutors, who have tried hundreds of criminal cases and who have served at the highest levels of federal and state government. Our team utilizes the deep reservoir of knowledge from veterans in related fields across the firm to develop and integrate global strategies for our clients. Armed with this experience, intimate knowledge of the government process, and an arsenal of global resources, we tackle criminal, regulatory, and other mission-critical investigations that arise out of the unforgiving surveillance businesses face today.

Our team has defended Fortune 500 companies, boards of directors, special committees, and funds and executives around the world at hearings and trials related to allegations of money laundering, fraud in the securities, health care/pharmaceutical, financial institutions, accounting, and banking industries, environmental crimes, public corruption/campaign finance, internal investigations/compliance, public corruption/campaign finance, immigration and visas, and tax corruption.

We have substantial experience trying cases against:

• The United States Department of Justice

• U.S. Attorneys’ Offices

• The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

• The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

• States Attorneys General

Our attorneys also handle international criminal matters, including those related to anti-corruption/the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), representing clients all over the world before international tribunals. We handle international investigations concerning fraud, banking, money laundering, insider trading, RICO, and global anti-corruption. In ongoing representations on five continents, we provide anti-corruption advice in connection with both U.S. and foreign laws.