Helen Hwang
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
Helen Hwang focuses her practice on counseling clients through complex and sensitive internal investigations and government investigations, including cross-border investigations involving alleged violations of the export controls regulations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-bribery laws, and the False Claims Act.
Hwang is also an experienced compliance counselor who advises clients across a range of industries on the corruption risks of proposed transactions and how to build and improve their compliance programs. She also co-leads the firm’s Asia compliance and investigations practice. Hwang served as co-lead counsel for a military parts manufacturer in a DOJ False Claims Act investigation. She and the Covington team successfully obtained a declination from the DOJ Criminal Division for the company and a highly favorable settlement.
