James G. McGovern > Hogan Lovells US LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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James G. McGovern

Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Position
Partner
Career
With more than 25 years of federal and state courtroom experience, in both New York and Washington, D.C., Jim McGovern defends corporations and their executives in criminal and civil investigations brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, UK Serious Fraud Office, New York Attorney General’s Office, New York County District Attorney’s Office, and New York Department of Financial Services.
He conducts internal investigations for companies and counsels boards of directors concerning regulatory compliance, crisis response, and media relations. His experience includes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bank Secrecy Act, financial fraud, insider trading, antitrust, sanctions, money laundering, and cybersecurity investigations.
Education
J.D., The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1991
B.A., Siena College, 1988
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)