FCPA Enforcement Chief Mark F. Mendelsohn Joins Paul Weiss

We mentioned last week that the head Justice Department lawyer in charge of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, Mark F. Mendelsohn, was expected to join the Paul Weiss law firm. It’s now official, and Mendelsohn will become a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office effective June 1. 

Mendelsohn, who will become a member of the firm’s White Collar Crime & Regulatory Defense and Securities Litigation practices, is currently the Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section of the DOJ’s Criminal Division. Mendelsohn designed and implemented the DOJ’s current FCPA enforcement program and was responsible for overseeing all investigations and prosecutions under the FCPA, had principal policy responsibility related to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and was the Department’s representative on the OECD’s Bribery Working Group.
 
Our prior post about this move is available at: http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/%E2%80%98top-us-bribery-prosecutor-join-paul-weiss%E2%80%99-fcpa-defense-continues-sizzle-law-firms/931.