The FCPA and the New Administration: Executive Order Impacting Enforcement, Compliance Challenges, Regulatory Overlap

Mr. Parkinson focuses his practice on counseling businesses and individuals in regulatory compliance and government investigations, with an emphasis on multi-jurisdictional and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters. A member of the firm’s Compliance & Government Investigations group, he has significant experience navigating cross-border matters and representing clients in criminal and civil enforcement actions involving the FCPA, extradition, securities fraud, insider trading, false statements and environmental issues. Mr. Parkinson also counsels clients with global business operations and partnerships related to U.S. sanctions regimes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), as well as anti-money laundering (AML) regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). His work involves compliance advice and internal and governmental investigations for clients around the globe, and has worked on projects involving China, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Egypt and throughout Europe and the United Kingdom. His clients include U.S. and non-U.S. entities across a range of sectors, such as banking, fintech, manufacturing, retail and food services, as well as senior executives facing civil and criminal investigation. A recognized leader within the international law community, Mr. Parkinson is frequently invited to speak on topics related to financial crime and anti-corruption around the world, including in Kiev, Paris, Seoul, and Tokyo. He has also served as a guest lecturer at law schools in Chile, Mexico and the United States, and he is a member of the U.K. chapter of Transparency International.

Mr. Mindell originally joined Yum! to focus on building the company’s anti-corruption compliance program but quickly added other compliance areas to his portfolio of responsibilities. In his current role, he is responsible for all areas of Yum!’s global compliance program including compliance training, internal investigations, third-party compliance due diligence and sanctions compliance. Mr. Mindell also leads the data privacy compliance team. Prior to joining Yum!, he spent almost six years in the Government Enforcement Practice Group at Ropes & Gray where his practice focused on general regulatory compliance and white collar investigations with a particular focus on anti-corruption compliance.

Mr. McBride represents companies and individuals in international trade regulatory, compliance, investigative, and enforcement matters involving U.S. economic sanctions and economic embargoes, U.S. export controls, FCPA, U.S. anti-boycott controls, U.S. customs and other import controls, anti-money laundering and other banking controls, and U.S. international trade enforcement and regulatory actions.