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Laura Perkins draws on her experience as a senior official and prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to advise companies and senior executives on high-stakes investigations and enforcement actions. As a former Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Chief of the DOJ’s Criminal Division’s FCPA Unit, Laura brings deep insight into enforcement strategy, regulatory expectations and engagement with authorities.
Laura has extensive experience leading high-stakes cross-border investigations, representing corporate and individual clients before U.S. enforcement and regulatory authorities, including the DOJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and counselling companies on cross-border compliance matters, including designing and benchmarking corporate compliance programs.
Laura’s work includes matters involving anti-corruption (FCPA), financial fraud, False Claims Act (FCA), sanctions, money laundering, and national security issues.
An experienced trial lawyer, Laura has handled more than a dozen federal jury and bench trials across the country, including high-profile cases involving FCPA, money laundering, and complex financial crimes.
While at the DOJ, Laura supervised, prosecuted and tried some of the largest individual and corporate FCPA cases in the U.S. and was involved in the development of the FCPA Pilot Program and the drafting of the FCPA Resource Guide. Laura also oversaw nearly a dozen independent compliance monitors and served as a U.S. Delegate to the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery. In addition to FCPA cases, Laura successfully investigated and prosecuted complex financial fraud cases, healthcare fraud cases and money-laundering cases while at the DOJ.
Recognition
- Chambers Global – FCPA (2020–present)
- Chambers USA – FCPA (2020–present)
- Chambers USA – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (2025)
- Lawdragon – 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2025, 2026)
- Lawdragon – 500 Leading Global Litigators (2025, 2026)
- Lawdragon – 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management (2025, 2026)
- The Legal 500 – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense (2019–2021, 2024)
- Global Investigations Review – Top 100 Women in Investigations (2018)
- Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders GIR-USA (2024–present)
