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Case Study

Money-Laundering Defense in the Gunvor / PetroEcuador Bribery Scheme

Confidential matter · Ongoing

Defense of a former Gunvor S.A. employee charged in the Eastern District of New York with conspiring to launder proceeds of an international bribery scheme involving Ecuador's state oil company, PetroEcuador — a scheme Gunvor itself later admitted to in a $474.4 million FCPA resolution.

Latin America (Regional)
United States (Federal)
Energy & Natural Resources

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Case Study

Tracing diverted bond proceeds across three continents under Section 1782

Oro Negro bondholders

Five special purpose vehicles held bonds tied to oil drilling rigs that operated for Pemex off the coast of Mexico. As the underlying business unraveled, the bondholders confronted a familiar cross-border problem. They s

Settlement
Mexico
Cross-border
Financial Services

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Representative Matter

Argentine energy company in a cash-bribery scandal

Conducted an internal investigation of an Argentine energy company implicated in the Argentine cash-bribery ("notebooks") scandal. The investigation satisfied the company's auditors that company funds had not been used for bribes.

Argentina
Financial Services
Energy & Natural Resources

Representative Matter

Confidential DOJ defense – Gunvor executive, PetroEcuador bribery scheme

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.

Latin America (Regional)
Energy & Natural Resources

Representative Matter

Confidential DOJ defense – Gunvor / PetroEcuador bribery scheme

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.