Alex Young K. Oh

A partner in the Litigation Department and co-chair of the FCPA practice group, Alex Oh has an extensive white collar criminal and regulatory investigations practice focusing on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as well as on securities and accounting fraud issues; Alex also conducts cross-border internal investigations for multinational corporations; and regularly counsels Fortune 100 companies on compliance matters.

Experience

An experienced trial lawyer, Alex has tried numerous criminal and civil jury and bench trials in federal and state courts, and also has argued in numerous courts of appeals throughout the country. Alex also regularly represents Fortune 100 clients in investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA and other state and federal regulatory authorities. Additionally, Alex has conducted numerous high-profile internal investigations on behalf of special and audit committees of the board of directors of public corporations.

Key FCPA, white collar defense and investigations matters include:

• Representation of a Fortune 50 company in multiple SEC and DOJ FCPA investigations involving subsidiary or affiliate operations in Asia, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East;
• Representation of a multi-national company in an internal anti-corruption investigation involving operations in Italy, England, the United Arab Emirates, and Thailand, and the design and implementation of an anti-corruption compliance program;
• Representation of a large trading company in connection with an anti-corruption risk assessment and the design and implementation of an anti-corruption compliance program;
• Representation of a major financial institution in connection with an SEC and DOJ FCPA investigation of operations in Asia;
• Representation of a media company in connection with a DOJ FCPA investigation of operations in Africa;
• Representation of a major financial institution in connection with a Congressional investigation of offshore tax shelters;
• Representation of a semiconductor company in connection with an internal and an SEC investigation of various accounting issues;
• Representation of an executive of a major oil services company in an SEC and DOJ FCPA investigation of operations in Nigeria;
• Representation of a former executive of a major chemical company in a DOJ Antitrust Division investigation of potential price-fixing allegations;
• Representation of a foreign businessman in connection with an SEC and DOJ investigation of potential insider trading violations.
• Representation of the board of directors of a European technology company in an internal investigation of data privacy and theft issues;
• Representation of the Special Review Committee of the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae in an independent internal investigation of various accounting issues;
• Representation of the Audit and Finance Committee of Adecco S.A., the world's largest provider of temporary employees, in a worldwide internal investigation of various accounting issues; and
• Representation of the board of directors of an Oaktree Capital Management portfolio company in an investigation of various accounting issues.

 

Alex also has an extensive civil litigation and trial practice. Recent matters include:

• Representation of UBS in a lawsuit alleging fraud in connection with the sale of certain CDOs backed by mortgage-backed securities;
• Representation of Merck in a securities fraud class action litigation relating to the sale of Vytorin;
• Representation of Pfizer in a products liability trial involving claims that the company's hormone therapy drug caused breast cancer;
• Representation of Exxon Mobil Corporation in multiple lawsuits alleging Alien Tort Statute and related claims; and
• Representation of BASF in connection with the enforcement of a covenant not to compete.

 

Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Alex served for nearly four years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. During her tenure, she was a member of the Securities & Commodities Fraud Task Force and the Major Crimes Unit, and was the lead prosecutor in high-profile accounting and securities fraud prosecutions. Alex was the lead trial lawyer in numerous jury trials during her tenure as a prosecutor.

Alex also has extensive appellate experience, and has briefed and/or argued several appeals before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Ninth and the D.C. Circuits.

Alex is a member of the New York City Bar Association. She serves as a Trustee for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. In addition, Alex serves on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She previously served on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A frequent writer on topics related to white collar crime and regulatory investigations, Alex is one of the authors of the U.S. chapter of Corporate Internal Investigations: An International Guide, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2013).

Alex has an extensive pro bono practice and has litigated voting rights cases and Constitutional challenges to voter registration and identification laws. Alex served as a notes editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Practices

• Litigation
• Anti-Corruption & FCPA
• Financial Institutions
• Internal Investigations
• M&A Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• White Collar Crime & Regulatory Defense
  

Education

• J.D., Yale Law School, 1993
• B.A., Williams College, 1990

Clerkship

• Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

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