USA Law and Practice Contributed by: Emily Hughes, Charles Kalil, Cori Lable and Ryan Raybould, Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis has one of the largest government, regulatory and internal investigations groups in the world, with more than 195 attorneys who work on white-collar criminal defence and securities enforce - ment matters, including more than 55 who served at the DOJ, SEC, FTC, UK SOCA and other global gov - ernment agencies. The group is best known for rep - resenting Fortune 500 companies and their officers and directors in their most sensitive matters, which are typically resolved confidentially but have also in -
cluded some of the largest public representations in history. Recently, the group has led some of the most high-profile white-collar matters, including represent - ing Boeing in ongoing criminal proceedings initiated by the DOJ, Acadia Healthcare in a multi-regulato - ry investigation following a report by The New York Times, and Credit Suisse in the resolution of various government investigations related to cross-border tax, securities, and other civil and criminal violations.
Authors
Emily Hughes is a partner in Kirkland’s litigation and government, regulatory and internal investigations groups. Her practice focuses on counselling and defence of companies, partnerships, individuals
Cori Lable is a partner in Kirkland’s government, regulatory and internal investigations group in Los Angeles. She previously spent ten years in Hong Kong, leading Kirkland’s Asia investi - gations practice. Cori concentrates her
and non-profits in civil and criminal matters, particularly where tax or other complex financial matters are involved. Emily’s government and regulatory investigation experience includes representations before the IRS and DOJ, ranging from civil examinations to grand jury and trial proceedings. She has led multidisciplinary teams in complex and sensitive internal investigations.
practice on advising multinational clients on risks related to cross-border investments and operations, including corruption, economic sanctions and trade compliance, money laundering and financial fraud. Cori has extensive experience advising clients in the private equity, asset management, hospitality, indus - trials, and pharmaceutical and medical device sectors facing enforcement actions related to potential violations of the FCPA and other US securities, trade compliance and export control statutes.
Charles Kalil is a partner in Kirkland’s government, regulatory and internal investigations group. Charles focuses on white-collar criminal defence, government and internal investigations, litigation and
Ryan Raybould is a partner in Kirkland’s government, regulatory and internal investigations group. Ryan represents corporations, boards and executives involved in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and
counselling clients through sensitive matters. He defends corporations, boards and executives in criminal and other government investigations and enforcement proceedings. Charles also provides advice to corporations on a variety of internal controls, ethics and compliance matters. Charles previously served as an Assistant US Attorney in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, Criminal Division.
investigations. Ryan joined Kirkland after serving as Chief Counsel to former Assistant Majority Leader and US Senator Cornyn, where he helped draft and negotiate numerous pieces of legislation that became law on national security, drug diversion control, transparency and government accountability, operation of the federal courts, cybersecurity, international narcotics control and mental health access. He was also previously a federal prosecutor with the DOJ in the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
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