Laura N Perkins

Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Laura Perkins is Co-Chair of the firm’s Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice group, and Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining the firm, Laura spent nearly ten years at the DOJ, most recently serving as Assistant Chief of the FCPA Unit of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section. While at the DOJ, Laura supervised and prosecuted some of the largest FCPA cases in the United States and was involved in the development of the FCPA Pilot Program and the drafting of the FCPA Resource Guide. Laura’s practice focuses on high-stakes government and internal investigations, crisis management, white collar criminal defense and cross border compliance counseling, risk assessments, and due diligence. As a skilled investigator and trial lawyer, Laura assists corporations, boards of directors, audit committees, and senior executives with sensitive internal investigations and proceedings before the DOJ, SEC, and other U.S. and international agencies, with a particular focus on the FCPA and anti-corruption, healthcare fraud, financial fraud, and money laundering