Particularly active in the technology, pharma and retail sectors, Arnold & Porter’s team advises across the full spectrum of investigations, regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters. Practice head Kathleen Harris draws on her former role as head of fraud and policy at the SFO to lead on sanctions, fraud, AML and bribery-related mandates. The ‘rock solid and very strategic’ Sean Curran is experienced in multi-jurisdictional investigations, including those involving the US Department of Justice and the European Anti-Fraud Office. Melissa Dames is also recommended and supports the team across its key mandates.
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‘Arnold and Porter provide a truly Rolls-Royce service to their clients. The team are all highly experienced, highly competent and extremely hard working. They approach each case from a tactically astute and legally intelligent position, and work tirelessly for their clients.’
‘Kathleen Harris is extraordinary. She is a very gifted lawyer, with a real tactical sense and a capacity for remarkable hard work. She approaches each case with a determination to get the right result, and never gives up in seeking to achieve that result. Sean Curran is a charming and gifted lawyer who really cares for the clients and works hard to get them the right result.’
‘Kathleen Harris is a fabulous advocate for corporate clients and is comfortable at Board level, providing wise strategic advice and distilling all of the options and risks to enable strategic decision making.’
‘This team has the capability, resources, strategic and commercial understanding and experience to advise corporates in this field. They get across the detail very quickly, their partners are able to understand the big picture, as well as to foresee potential ramifications of actions. The team is very good at identifying the objective and, in my experience, achieving it. Any corporation is lucky to have them and can expect robust advice, but also a team that will fight for them.’
‘Kathleen Harris is able to boast a very wide range of experience from government to regulatory to independent barrister to defending. She is able to bring all of these various perspectives to bear and to combine them with her considerable commercial and legal understanding. She is a rare talent with one of the quickest minds in the industry. Working with her is both a pleasure and inspiring.'
- 'Sean Curran has deep experience across a number of industries and not only in financial services, life sciences, energy and media. A core focus in recent years has been internal investigations across EMEA, assessing regulatory risk and navigating clients through complex, cross-border issues which may arise. He is quick-thinking and straight-talking. He is able to deal with the most difficult and high-stakes situations.’
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- News UK
- Global luxury jeweller
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Kathleen Harris
Practice head
Kathleen Harris
Other key lawyers
Sean Curran; Melissa Dames