Kirkland & Ellis

Partner (Kirkland & Ellis LLP, U.S.)

Cori Lable is a partner in Kirkland’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Firm’s Government & Internal Investigations Practice Group. She previously spent ten years RESIDENT in Hong Kong, where she launched Kirkland’s Government and Internal Investigations practice in that city. Cori concentrates her practice on advising multinational clients globally 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 working with clients in the private equity, asset management, hospitality, industrials, and pharmaceutical and medical device sectors facing regulatory and criminal enforcement actions related to potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other U.S. securities, trade compliance and export controls statutes.

Cori has for many years been named as a leading anti-corruption practitioner for India and China by Chambers Greater China, Chambers Global and Legal 500 Asia-Pacific. She was named “White Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year” by Euromoney APAC Women in Business Law Awards in 2022, and a “Litigation Star” for White Collar Crime by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific for five consecutive years from 2020 to 2024. Cori has also been designated as a “Highly Regarded” individual for Financial Services Regulatory in the 2020 - 2024 editions of IFLR1000, as well as being named to IFLR1000’s global “Women Leaders” ranking in 2023 - 2024.

Yale Law School, J.D., 2004

Cambridge University, M.Phil., Historical Studies, 2001

Yale University, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 1998