Arnold & Porter combines its global commitment to white-collar defence and investigations with its eminent history in Latin America. The firm routinely handles anti-corruption and white-collar defence matters in multiple Latin America jurisdictions, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela. It frequently represents clients in government investigations and enforcement, internal investigations, due diligence reviews and follow-on litigation. The white-collar defence and investigations team features a number of former prosecutors and lawyers from the DOJ, SEC and Serious Fraud Office (SFO). New York-based Marcus Asner is the key contact and has represented clients in a series of anti-corruption investigations, including those linked to public tenders.
Key clients
- Congming
- CSL Behring
Work highlights
- Represented Congming in a cross border investigation with Chile and Hong Kong regarding criminal and civil litigation as a result of the recent takeover of the company by Merama.
- Secured a win for the world's two largest blood plasma companies by challenging a CBP policy that prohibited Mexican nationals with B-1 business visas from donating blood plasma in the US.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Marcus Asner, Amy Jeffress