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Dj Wolff and Derek Hahn Author U.S. Chapter of WorldECR’s Managing Investigations Global Guide

Firm News | 2 min read | 08.16.21

Washington – August 16, 2021: Crowell & Moring’s Derek Hahn and Dj Wolff have co-authored the United States chapter of WorldECR’s Managing Investigations: Best Practice in Government and Internal Investigations. The guide provides information about investigatory authorities in 21 countries responsible for sanctions, export control, anti-corruption, and AML enforcement, and answers questions on related policies, procedures, and best practices in each jurisdiction. The United States chapter covers the American “enforcement landscape, and the key issues faced by those hoping to successfully navigate it.”

Wolff is a partner in the International Trade Group where he splits his time between the firm’s DC and London offices, as well as a director at C&M International, the firm’s trade policy affiliate. His practice at the firm focuses on compliance with U.S. economic sanctions, export controls and antiboycott regimes. He counsels U.S. and non-U.S. clients with all aspects of complying with, and assessing risk pursuant to, U.S. economic sanctions, including day-to-day counseling, virtual and on-site compliance trainings, managing voluntary or involuntary responses to government inquiries, conducting internal investigations in the U.S., Asia, and Europe, and, in close collaboration with colleagues in the White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group, during civil and criminal enforcement proceedings. 

Hahn is a partner in the White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group and a member of the firm’s Investigations Practice. His practice focuses on white collar defense, internal investigations, complex litigation, and compliance counseling. He represents clients in an array of government investigations and enforcement actions, and has extensive experience managing matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), having counseled clients in multiple industries on FCPA matters across six continents. His FCPA experience includes government and internal investigations, third-party due diligence reviews, compliance program and training development, and anti-corruption risk assessments. He has defended multiple FCPA investigations brought by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and has counseled clients through numerous self-reports to those agencies.

To read the full Managing Investigations U.S. chapter, visit here.

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