Kwame Manley
USA Guide 2024
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations + 1 more ranking
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Kwame J. Manley is the Global Chair of the Paul Hastings Litigation Department, and the former Chair of the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings, based in the Washington, D.C. office.
A former federal prosecutor, Mr. Manley defends individuals and companies before various agencies, including the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and other entities. His experience includes defending matters involving alleged U.S. sanctions violations, bank fraud, money laundering, procurement fraud, financial irregularities, and investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the False Claims Act (FCA). Mr. Manley has particular experience representing corporations and senior executives in significant DOJ and OFAC matters.
Mr. Manley has worked with multinational companies on all facets of FCPA and OFAC compliance and enforcement, including internal investigations, third party due diligence, transactional due diligence, compliance audits, and corruption risk assessments. He has performed complex, internal investigations in over 20 countries throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, and South America. He has represented Foreign Sovereign Governments and individuals in matters involving the DOJ Kleptocracy and Anti-Money Laundering initiatives. Mr. Manley has defended two White House appointees in separate Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations, both of which were dismissed without any criminal and civil referrals.
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Kwame Manley is the global cochair of the litigation department at Paul Hastings. His accolades include impressive experience across a range of mandates, including FCPA and sanctions violations, as well as representing individual clients in high-profile investigations.
Kwame Manley cochairs the global litigation department at Paul Hastings. He is noted for his experience as a DOJ-appointed monitor as well as representation for clients facing investigations into global FCPA violations.
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"Kwame is very adept at handling client needs and expectations, and his client management skills are very strong."
"Kwame is a very dynamic and engaging person who can zealously handle cases."
"Kwame is very adept at handling client needs and expectations and his client management skills are very strong. He is very focused on the key issues and the tasks that must be completed to move cases forward toward resolutions."
"Kwame is a supremely talented advocate."
"He knows the law extremely well and has very good relationships with clients."
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