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Eric Carlson practices in the firm’s anti-corruption, international, and white collar groups. He advises clients operating in China and other jurisdictions in Asia on a range of anti-corruption laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He has deep experience leading highly sensitive anti-corruption/FCPA investigations in China and other jurisdictions in Asia, including investigations presenting complex legal, political, and reputational risks. He also counsels clients on the corruption risks of proposed transactions, conducts anti-corruption due diligence as part of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, assists companies in updating and strengthening their internal anti-corruption compliance programs and tailoring them to the unique features of Asian markets, and developing and presenting tailored compliance training in Chinese and English. He has advised scores of companies and organizations representing nearly every major industry. He speaks Mandarin and Cantonese and regularly leads witness interviews and conducts training in Chinese.
He counsels clients on US export controls and economic sanctions applied by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury, and related Chinese trade control regulations, including conducting internal investigations into potential violations of these laws. He also advises clients on trade policy issues and national security reviews of foreign investments.
Representative Matters
- Conducting several dozen internal investigations in connection with potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), including investigations (in Chinese and English) into Chinese subsidiaries of US corporations.
- Advising several global companies whose employees were arrested by Chinese criminal enforcement authorities on corruption-related charges.
- Advising numerous global companies whose activities were scrutinized by Chinese enforcement authorities related to commercial bribery allegations.
- Conducting multiple internal investigations into potential violations of US export control laws at Chinese affiliates of multinational companies.
- Assisting a major US company with an FCPA due diligence review related to an acquisition of a Chinese state-owned company.
- Assisting a major US conglomerate in a review of implementation of corporate anti-corruption policies in its China subsidiaries and recommending improvements and refinements.
Honors and Rankings
- Chambers Global, China, International Trade
- Chambers Asia-Pacific, China, International Trade
Pro Bono
- Assisting The Nature Conservancy with various regulatory compliance issues.
- Representing a humanitarian organization with various registration and regulatory issues.
Publications and Speeches
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