Sidley Austin LLP has an impressive reputation for FCPA investigations and successful resolutions. It continues to be noted for its representation of Stericycle in achieving a FCPA resolution during the Biden administration, which involved its operations in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, and created a precedent for the DOJ’s redesigned approach to white-collar cases; it continued to advise Stericycle in 2024 in connection with the prosecution of two former executives who were charged with corruption crimes in the Southern District of Florida. Much of the firm's work centres on investigations and white-collar crime cases involving multinationals that have significant operations in Latin America. Dallas partner Paige Holden Montgomery has an established record in Latin America anti-corruption and white-collar cases, including alleged FCPA violations. New York-based Michael Mann and Dallas's David Silva are also prominent names. Timothy Treanor left the firm in January 2025.
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Key clients
- Stericycle
- Tavistock Corporation
- Vida Panama
- CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football)
- Exxon Mobil
- PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH)
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Fedex Corporation
- Vantage Deepwater Petroleum Company
- PetroTiger Limited
- Bodega Latina Corporation
Work highlights
Represented Stericycle in coordinated settlements resolving FCPA charges with the DOJ and SEC, and continued to advise Stericycle in connection with the early 2024 prosecution of two former executives who were charged with corruption crimes in the Southern District of Florida.
Represented Tavistock Corporation in a risk assessment and crisis engagement following the indictment of the international investment firm’s founder and primary investor Joe Lewis for insider trading by the DOJ in the Southern District of New York.
Represented 29 Panamanian entities that have been sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Practice head
Kenneth Polite; Douglas Axel; David Hoffman; Yuet Ming Tham; Daniel Rubinstein; Joan Loughnane
Other key lawyers
Paige Holden Montgomery; Michael Mann; David Silva