HELEN HWANG
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
Helen Hwang focuses her practice on counseling clients through complex and sensitive cross-border anti-corruption internal investigations and investigations by government enforcement authorities, such as the DOJ and SEC. She also advises clients across a range of industries on the corruption risks of proposed transactions and how to build and improve their compliance programs.
Hwang recently served as co-lead counsel for a military parts manufacturer in a DOJ False Claims Act investigation of alleged failure to comply with MIL-SPEC requirements for testing and qualification. She and the Covington team successfully obtained a declination from the DOJ Criminal Division for the company and a highly favorable settlement from the DOJ Civil Division. She also co-leads a team of Covington lawyers representing an international gaming and hospitality company in connection with a DOJ investigation of third-party money laundering.
