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Andrea Gordon

Associate at the Washington DC office of Eversheds Sutherland

She advises clients on US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) matters, including related investigations, litigations, and arbitrations. Her experience includes counseling corporate and individual clients in connection with SEC and FINRA investigations, internal investigations, and complex litigation. She also has experience in FCPA-related matters, including cases involving a compliance monitor.

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Compliance and Ethics

FCPA enforcement: Drilling down on declinations, hefty fines, disgorgements, and monitors

Recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcements—with their declinations, record-setting criminal penalties, disgorgements, and independent compliance monitors—are instructive in helping companies navigate that landscape, if and when the time comes. The three biggest resolutions from 2018 and 2019 are rich with guidance on how to appropriately address the discovery of potential FCPA misconduct.