Alison Tanchyk

Practice Areas

A partner in the litigation practice, Alison Tanchyk handles government and internal investigations, complex civil litigation, and compliance and regulatory cases, with an emphasis on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and False Claims Act (FCA) matters. Companies and individuals rely on Alison to defend against investigations alleging violations of the FCPA, AKS, and FCA, and involving allegations of healthcare, tax, and securities fraud, and other business frauds. Corporate leaders and Boards also seek Alison’s counsel on matters related to developing, implementing, evaluating, and auditing internal compliance and ethics programs.

Corporate leaders and Boards from all industries, including life sciences, technology, retail, and manufacturing rely on her advice for the development, implementation, evaluation, and auditing of global compliance programs.

She represented General Cable Corporation in connection with an FCPA investigation of General Cable’s business operations in Angola, Portugal, China, Egypt, and Thailand, resulting in a non-prosecution agreement and no compliance monitor. She also represented Olympus Corporation of the Americas in connection with an FCPA investigation of Olympus’s sales and marketing practices in Latin America resulting in a deferred prosecution agreement.

Since 2014, she has repeatedly been named by Latinvex as one of Latin America’s top Female Lawyers and was most recently named in 2023.

Alison is also the co-leader of the Florida Chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association.

To learn more about Alison and her experience, please go to: https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/atanchyk.

Personal

Rutgers University, 1998, B.A., Cum Laude; Saint Peter's College, 2000, M.A.; Temple University, Beasley School of Law, 2003, J.D., Cum Laude