Latham & Watkins LLP's prominent white-collar defence and investigations department has made significant inroads in Latin America, thanks in part to the firm’s strength in the region. The group has worked alongside the corporate and M&A team to advise on a series of deals and has continued to represent clients in large-scale enforcement and investigations matters, including achieving significant DOJ declinations and SEC resolutions. Accounting fraud, money laundering and corruption cases are particular strengths for the team. Spanish speaker Daniel Dominguez is local co-chair of the Washington DC litigation and trial department, and has advised clients on a series of internal and government investigations in Latin America. Los Angeles-based Manuel Abascal is a former prosecutor with a background in representing clients in government investigations. Washington DC counsel Katherine Sawyer is another key member of the team.
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Key clients
- Lifecore Biomedical (Formerly Landec Corporation)
- Integro Group Holdings / Tysers Insurance Brokers
Work highlights
Secured a rare declination for a publicly traded client who had violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Represented Tysers Insurance Brokers, an industry-leading reinsurance broker based out of London, in a multi-jurisdiction investigation involving the US Department of Justice and UK’s Serious Fraud Office which probed several reinsurance brokers and intermediaries that allegedly bribed Ecuadorian government officials to obtain public reinsurance business in Ecuador.
Practice head
Antonio Del Pino