The ability to successfully navigate cross-border business is a must in an increasingly global marketplace.  A lawyer who knows his way around international law and contract drafting is an invaluable asset to international business endeavors.

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Paul Fairfield’s international business work has taken him from London boardrooms to the jungles of Africa.  His litigation experience includes misuse and abuse of Section 144 stock, determination of insurance coverage, breach of contract, personal injury, product liability and medical malpractice.  Fairfield Law Firm’s non-litigation experience includes contracts drafting, analysis, and negotiation, FCPA compliance, conflicts of interest investigation, and wills preparation.

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U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Protecting a Client’s Operations Overseas

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Paul Fairfield believes a company’s internal controls are only as effective as the people who implement them. Generally speaking, the FCPA prohibits bribery of foreign officials by or on behalf of U.S. companies in order to obtain or retain business and requires issuers to implement certain internal controls and to maintain certain business records. 

 

Fairfield Law Firm has extensive experience working with FCPA compliance matters.  Under the cloud of an active FCPA investigation, Paul Fairfield relocated to a client’s facility in the jungles of Africa to implement an FCPA compliance program and to ensure client personnel understood and followed the new protocols.  This hands-on approach resulted in a successful implementation of an FCPA system while the company was under a federal investigation.  Paul Fairfield advised managers as to the propriety of contemplated transactions, overhauled and updated his client’s recordkeeping, investigated instances of noncompliance and spearheaded his client’s efforts abroad to cooperate with federal investigators. 

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The Fairfield Law Firm has the experience and maintains the flexibility to meet any client’s FCPA need, from outside consultant to embedded team member.

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Successful Results:

• Implemented & supervised Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) compliance program  

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• Organized & managed team of accountants in sorting & compiling tens of thousands of documents responsive to U.S. government subpoenas 

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• Established & headed in-country governmental affairs/legal department   

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