Geoff Martin
Biography
Practice Focus
Mr. Martin advises clients on corporate ethics and compliance issues including, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, financial crime, anti-money laundering, and trade sanctions in connection with federal investigations.
Mr. Martin has extensive experience managing multinational fraud, corruption and sanctions investigations for client facing federal enforcement or regulation in the US. This includes experience conducting investigations in the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. He has advised clients before federal enforcement authorities, regulators, and prosecutors in the US, the UK and elsewhere. He writes extensively about compliance and investigations issues, best practices and developments in English and US law.
Mr. Martin's practice also includes commercial disputes, and federal litigation including contract disputes with suppliers, subcontractors, and government departments.
Representative Legal Matters
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Conducting multinational corporate criminal and compliance investigations including investigation project management, conducting investigative witness interviews, managing complex and voluminous investigative document review, conducting and managing investigative due diligence, and managing whistleblowers.
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Advising on strategy concerning corporate voluntary disclosures of potential compliance violations to US federal prosecutors and enforcement authorities, in complex multilateral enforcement actions.
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Advising clients on compliance remediation and program enhancement following established legal violation, internal investigation or government enforcement action.
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Managing and advising on pre-action and court proceedings and advising on litigation strategy.
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Advising on regulatory implications arising from compliance incidents and enforcement actions where breaches of anti-corruption, sanctions, data protection and other regulatory rules have been alleged by a contract counterparty.
Admissions
- District of Columbia~United States (2022)
- New York~United States (2016)
- England & Wales~United Kingdom (2009)
Education
- Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (L.P.C.) (2006)
- Oxford University (B.A. Law) (2005)
Languages
- English
Previous Offices
- London