Former federal prosecutors. Proven results at trial.

Selected through a competitive process as lead counsel for a U.S. state agency in a DOJ Civil Division False Claims Act investigation over alleged quality-control fraud in a federal benefits program. The government's demand exceeded $40 million, reflecting the treble damages and per-claim civil penalties available under the FCA. Resolved for $17.5 million, a fraction of the government's original demand; Mr. Fridman signed the settlement on the agency's behalf.

Represented a Canadian national and former Gunvor employee charged in the Eastern District of New York with conspiring to launder proceeds of an approximately $22 million bribery scheme involving Ecuador's state oil company, PetroEcuador. Gunvor S.A., the Swiss energy trading company, separately pleaded guilty in March 2024 to conspiracy to violate the FCPA and paid a $374.56 million criminal fine as part of a $474.4 million global resolution, admitting it paid intermediaries more than $97 million between 2012 and 2020 to bribe PetroEcuador officials to obtain and retain oil-trading business. Covered by Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and international press.

Led an internal investigation for Toshiba International Corporation that traced a bribery and bid-rigging scheme in which a facilities manager steered more than $100 million in construction contracts to two favored companies in exchange for payments in cash, gold and silver bars, real estate, guns, jewelry, and watches, causing Toshiba a loss of more than $80 million, then filed a civil RICO suit in Houston in 2019 and presented the evidence to federal prosecutors; the perpetrators pled guilty and were sentenced to prison, one business owner to nine years in the Southern District of Texas.

Represented a global financial institution in a U.S. regulatory enforcement action concerning its anti-money laundering compliance program.

Represent, pro bono under the firm's rule-of-law and democracy-protection initiative, four nonprofit organizations targeted in a Congressional inquiry into their use of federal funds.

Assisted the corporation with its responses to grand jury subpoenas in a DOJ investigation involving national security issues.

Conducted a full internal investigation in response to government subpoenas in a DOJ antitrust price-fixing investigation, demonstrating the client's lack of involvement in the charged conspiracy; other individuals charged were subsequently acquitted. In a separate DOJ antitrust investigation of a former company officer, the firm's internal investigation led the DOJ to close its inquiry.

Engaged by a public company's CEO to assist an audit-committee investigation into allegations concerning personal-versus-business expenses.

Represented an audit committee in an internal investigation into alleged FCPA violations, including coordination with outside auditors on the committee's remediation and disclosure obligations.

Led a corporate-misconduct investigation into kickbacks, asset misappropriation, and conflicts of interest at a corporate subsidiary.

Co-led the pro bono representation, under the firm's rule-of-law initiative, of four nonprofit immigration-assistance organizations targeted in a House Committee on Homeland Security inquiry into the use of federal funds by more than 200 NGOs.

Represents a client charged in the Southern District of Florida with money laundering arising from allegations of unlicensed money remitting, in a case involving over $350 million and among the largest of its kind ever brought by the federal government. The client is in Argentina awaiting extradition proceedings.

Assisted on internal investigations connected to a DOJ price-fixing probe involving industry executives, work that helped establish a client's non-involvement.

Secured a probationary sentence for a client charged with misbranding pharmaceutical compounds purchased from China, after the government sought 18 months' imprisonment.

Represented a grand jury witness in Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the predication of the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, conducting an investigation and preparing the client for grand jury testimony.

Represents a client under investigation by both the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Office of Foreign Assets Control for alleged violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and money laundering, with cross-border exposure to Russia.

Represented a Senior Vice President of a Fortune 1000 technology company in a DOJ insider-trading investigation. The related prosecution resulted in a guilty plea by the charged individual; our client was not charged.

Secured a full acquittal for Kenia Valle Boza after a two-week jury trial in June 2025 in the Southern District of Florida, defeating the Department of Justice's novel theory extending health-care-fraud, wire-fraud conspiracy, and major-fraud liability to a billing-coding supervisor in a case the government framed at roughly $12 million.

Held Patient Care America's CEO to the 0-to-6-month guideline range in February 2024, well below the fifteen months the government sought, after a four-day sentencing tied to a TRICARE fraud valued near $40 million; the firm also handled the civil False Claims Act phase, which resolved in 2019 for more than $65 million with a $21.36 million payment.

Represented a client charged with health care fraud in connection with a family member's scheme, helping the client cooperate, reducing restitution, and obtaining a sentence below the Guidelines that avoided incarceration. The firm later obtained early termination of probation after the client served roughly 40% of the term.

Persuaded the DOJ not to charge a nurse employed by a nurse practitioner under federal indictment for a $192 million health care fraud conspiracy. The client cooperated and testified at trial, where the nurse practitioner was convicted and sentenced to 20 years, and has since resumed her career.

Represent Oro Negro bondholders in an active cross-border effort to trace at least $27 million diverted from special purpose vehicles that held bonds tied to Pemex oil drilling rigs off the coast of Mexico, using 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 to compel discovery in the United States, including discovery sought from opposing counsel Quinn Emanuel over roughly $8 million traceable to client accounts.

Worked on the defense of a former Gunvor executive charged in the Eastern District of New York in connection with an approximately $22 million PetroEcuador bribery scheme. Gunvor S.A., the Swiss energy trading company, separately pleaded guilty in March 2024 to conspiracy to violate the FCPA and paid a $374.56 million criminal fine as part of a $474.4 million global resolution, admitting it paid intermediaries more than $97 million between 2012 and 2020 to bribe PetroEcuador officials to obtain and retain oil-trading business.

Conducted an internal investigation of accounting and internal-control deficiencies at a Mexican oil-drilling company.

Represented a Canadian national and former Gunvor employee charged in the Eastern District of New York with conspiring to launder proceeds of a roughly $22 million bribery scheme involving Ecuador's state oil company, PetroEcuador. Gunvor S.A., the Swiss energy trading company, separately pleaded guilty in March 2024 to conspiracy to violate the FCPA and paid a $374.56 million criminal fine as part of a $474.4 million global resolution, admitting it paid intermediaries more than $97 million between 2012 and 2020 to bribe PetroEcuador officials to obtain and retain oil-trading business. Covered by Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and international press.

Represents a Latin American executive of a leading telecommunications company under simultaneous investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the European Commission over alleged price fixing in mobile voice and data markets across Latin America and the Caribbean, managing parallel proceedings in the United States, Panama, and Jamaica.