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- Helen Hwang
Helen Hwang is a member of Covington’s White Collar Defense and Investigations practice group. Her practice focuses on counseling clients through complex and sensitive internal investigations, investigations by federal and state enforcement authorities, such as the DOJ and SEC, and related litigation involving alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-corruption laws, and the civil False Claims Act. Ms. Hwang also devotes significant time to pro bono work, such as helping families with adoptions, pursuing asylum for juvenile victims of violence, and helping victims of domestic violence.
- Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of a Fortune 500 global gaming and integrated resort company's Audit Committee into alleged FCPA violations in Macau and Mainland China, and represented the Audit Committee in parallel DOJ and SEC investigations.
- Counseled a major film company on anti-corruption compliance related to projects in Asia.
- Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of a global construction and engineering company into potential FCPA violations in Latin America.
- Counseled a Fortune 200 consumer goods company on anti-corruption compliance for a large M&A transaction, including pre-acquisition diligence and post-acquisition integration efforts in Africa, India, Europe, and Latin America.
- Represented an aerospace and defense manufacturer in a DOJ False Claims Act investigation of alleged failure to comply with MIL-SPEC requirements for testing and qualification.
- Represented a technology company in various criminal and civil regulatory investigations by SEC, DOJ, FTC, state AGs, and other regulators.
- Represented a Special Committee of the board of directors of a technology company in an internal investigation involving allegations of a dysfunctional workplace culture and ineffective internal controls.
- Represented a Special Committee of the board of directors of a national retailer in an internal investigation involving workplace culture issues.
- Counseled a leading Medicare Advantage organization in connection with an internal investigation into alleged anti-kickback statute and false claims violations.
- Represented a senior elected official in a federal political corruption investigation, which resulted in prosecutors declining to bring charges.
- Represented a multinational oil and gas company in multiple government investigations concerning environmental and worker safety issues stemming from an incident at one of its refineries.
- Represented a major financial institution in Fair Housing Act litigation brought by the City Attorney.
Pro Bono
- Represented a juvenile applying for asylum.
- Assisted multiple families with adoption proceedings.
- Volunteered at LACBA’s Domestic Violence Clinic.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association
October 19, 2020, Covington Alert
On October 17, 2020, China enacted an Export Control Law (“the Law”) that builds upon China’s existing export control regulations, which are scattered across multiple laws, administrative regulations, and rules and measures issued by various departments, with the goal of creating a unified export control system to promote China’s national security and interests ...
July 9, 2020, Covington Alert
China has published a near-final draft of a new Export Control Law that, if enacted as drafted, would build upon China’s existing export control regulations, which are scattered across multiple laws, administrative regulations, and implementation rules, with the goal of creating a unified export control system to promote China’s commitment to nonproliferation ...
July 6, 2020, Covington Alert
On July 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ” or the “Department”) Criminal Division and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Enforcement Division quietly released A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Second Edition (the “Second Edition”). The first edition of the Resource Guide (the “First Edition”) was ...
June 3, 2020, Covington Alert
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) Criminal Division released an updated version of its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs document (the “Guidance”), which serves as a reference for prosecutors in assessing corporate compliance programs in the context of DOJ investigations. The Department last revised the ...
May 2020, Covington Alert
On April 13, 2020, China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (“NHSA”) released a draft opinion titled “Guiding Opinions on Establishment of a Drug Pricing and Procurement Creditworthiness System (the “Draft Opinion”; Covington’s translation is available here) setting forth proposed requirements for a creditworthiness evaluation and disciplinary system ...
April 27, 2020, Covington Alert
Companies should ask themselves five key questions about their compliance programs to ensure they are ready to face any crises—including the coronavirus pandemic—and be ready for current and future business disruptions.
March 4, 2020, Covington Alert
The following alert is a summary of the district court’s acquittal of UK citizen Lawrence Hoskins, a former senior vice president at the French power and transportation company Alstom S.A. (“Alstom”), on FCPA bribery and conspiracy charges. Alstom pleaded guilty in 2014 to two counts of violating the FCPA in connection with a worldwide bribery scheme that ...
January 30, 2020, Covington Alert
It has been another strong year in anti-corruption enforcement, with 2019 meeting or beating the high-water mark for enforcement across a number of measurements.
December 12, 2019, Covington Alert
On November 8, 2019, a federal jury convicted Lawrence Hoskins, the former senior vice president of Alstom, of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) for his role in a multi-million dollar bribery and money laundering scheme in Indonesia.
October 11, 2019, Covington Alert
On September 27, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a $4.1 million settlement with Westport Fuel Systems, Inc. (“Westport”) and its former chief executive officer, Nancy Gougarty. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Westport is a clean fuel technology company that has shares listed on the NASDAQ. The SEC’s cease-and-desist order finds that ...
October 2, 2019, The American Lawyer
Covington Promotes Its Most Diverse Partner Class Ever
October 1, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington has promoted to its partnership 14 lawyers based in eight different offices, including nine women and six lawyers of ethnically diverse backgrounds. “Our new partners are exceptionally talented lawyers from a wide range of the firm’s offices and most important practices, and they are extremely well-positioned to carry the firm forward,” ...
DOJ Policy Updates and Recent Developments in Enforcement in the Life Sciences Industry
September 5, 2019, Annual China Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences/Healthcare Compliance Conference (Shanghai)
September 5, 2019, The FCPA Blog
May 2019, Covington Alert
This article describes the attorney-client privilege under U.S. law and where care must be taken in internal investigations in China to maintain the privilege and avoid inadvertently waiving its protections.
Education
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D.
- Order of the Coif
- UCLA Law Review, Chief Executive Editor
Stanford University, M.A.
Stanford University, B.S.
- with Honors, Symbolic Systems with a Concentration in Human-Computer Interaction