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Richard Smith is a partner in the Norton Rose's Washington, D.C. office, where he is Head of Regulatory and Governmental Investigations, United States, chair of the firm's Global White Collar Crime and Government Investigations practice group, and the FCPA and International Anti-Corruption practice group.
He also co-chairs the firm's International Investigations and Subprime practice groups and he is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. His practice focuses on complex litigation, white collar criminal defense, transactional and third party due diligence, risk assessment, creation and review of anti-corruption policies and procedures, and US-centric and transnational corporate internal investigations for public and private companies.
He has extensive experience representing corporate entities, their executives and employees in connection with grand jury investigations, civil and criminal trials and hearings, transnational regulatory investigation and enforcement proceedings, federal and state criminal prosecutions and criminal antitrust investigations and prosecutions. He also has experience representing business entities and executives in such civil matters as breach of contracts, tortious interference of business relationships, business conspiracy, fraud, criminal conversion and forum non conveniens. Due to his extensive experience handling high-profile matters, Richard is often called on by the national media for commentary. Among others, he has appeared on CNN, 20/20 and has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Birmingham News.