Dechert LLP

White Collar, Compliance and Investigations

Partner

Andrew S. Boutros, the Regional Chair of the U.S. White Collar practice, is resident in the firm’s Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices.  A former federal prosecutor in the Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Section of the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Boutros is a leading figure in white collar defense. He represents companies large and small, public and private, victims and targets as well as their boards, audit committees, officers, directors and other individuals in government enforcement matters (DOJ, USAO, FBI, SEC and other agencies) and internal investigations. His practice also includes trials, false claims litigation, crisis management response, strategic counseling and compliance-related work. Mr. Boutros is currently serving as Legal Counsel to the Independent Compliance Monitor for a series of pharmacy entities, pursuant to a U.S. Department of Labor administrative agreement.

Mr. Boutros has personally represented clients in matters involving general fraud, embezzlement, the Travel Act, FARA, OFAC, RICO, tax, commercial bribery, kickback schemes, public corruption, Inspector General investigations, insurance fraud, bank fraud, securities and accounting violations, healthcare and FDA violations, environmental crimes, trade secret theft, cyber hacking and extortion incidents, criminal antitrust violations, supply chain issues, government contract disputes involving allegations of wrongdoing, whistleblower allegations and the False Claims Act, among others. Mr. Boutros also has significant experience handling criminal customs, trade and antidumping duty fraud cases. Since the early 2000s, he has conducted FCPA investigations in Canada, China, Europe and the Middle East and advised clients on FCPA corporate compliance matters and programs. In addition, Mr. Boutros was retained as an FCPA expert to render a formal legal opinion in a transnational post-acquisition dispute.

American Law Institute, Member & Member of Regional Advisory Group for Region 7 (Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin) American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow ABA Criminal Justice Section Council, past Voting Member ABA Criminal Justice Section Global Anti-Corruption Committee, Co-Founder & National Co-Chair ABA Criminal Justice Section Victims of Crime Task Force & Subgroup Committee Chair on Third Parties ABA International Law Section, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Senior Advisor ABA Criminal Justice Section CLE Board Membership, Board Member ABA Criminal Justice Section Task Force on College Due Process Rights and Victim Protections, past National Chair Bloomberg BNA Criminal Law Reporter and White Collar Crime Report, Advisory Board Member Chicago Crime Commission Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association – Chicago Chapter, Associate Member and past Chief Business Officer & Board Member International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors, Board Member Mitchell A. Mars Foundation, Board Member Various ABA Criminal Justice Section and University of Chicago Law School programs, institutes and symposiums; past Chair and Member

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.S., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.