Katrina A. Hausfeld

Katie’s recent representations have included: 

• Advising a security services company on the integration of its global compliance program in connection with a transformational acquisition.
• Conducting a detailed assessment of a Fortune 500 manufacturing and fuel company’s compliance program and advised on the re-design and implementation of its updated global compliance program.
• Conducting a post-acquisition enterprise-wide risk assessment for a global services provider.
• Designing and conducting anticorruption risk assessment for US-based services provider across its US, UK and Latin American operations.
• Advising global information technology solutions company on the development and build out of a risk-based compliance program.
• Advising a company immediately prior to initial public offering regarding development and implementation of its code of conduct, key compliance policies and third-party diligence capability build out.
• Assisting a global manufacturer with an internal investigation regarding improper sales practices in Asia.
• Representing a financial services company in an investigation conducted by the SEC regarding a fraud committed by a client.
• Conducting an investigation of whistleblower allegations of theft and corruption involving the Latin American operations of a US-based industrial products company.
• Representing a healthcare company executive in an investigation conducted by the DOJ and SEC regarding FCPA violations in Africa.
• Assisting a global manufacturer with an internal investigation regarding conflict of interest issues. 
• Conducting an investigation into allegations of fraud, corruption, theft, money laundering and environmental issues for a US-based global services company relating to its European operations.
• Representing an industrials company in connection with a World Bank investigation into allegations of fraud and bribery associated with World Bank-financed projects in Africa.
• Representing the audit committee of a pharmaceutical company in an investigation conducted by the SEC into financial reporting, books and records, and internal controls violations.
• Assisting a Fortune 500 health care company with an internal investigation into whistleblower allegations of sales manipulation, channel stuffing, and other potential misconduct in Latin America.
• Representing a global industrials company in an investigation conducted by the SEC into allegations of insider trading, financial reporting, books and records, and internal controls violations.
• Conducting an investigation into allegations of theft, financial control failures and accounting deficiencies in the European operations of an energy distribution company. 
• Assisting financial services companies in tracing and recovering fraudulently transferred assets across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
• Representing major audit firms and individual auditors before the SEC, PCAOB and DOJ, in matters involving audit irregularities and alleged fraud at the audit client.

Katie’s has assisted pro bono clients in such diverse areas as immigration concerns, prisoners’ rights, and international human rights. For many years, she has supported the Georgian delegation at the annual Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, including negotiating on behalf of Georgia at COP26 in 2021. She has also helped to conduct trial advocacy training for police prosecutors throughout the Caribbean and in Guyana through DLA Piper’s New Perimeter Program in conjunction with the National Center for State Courts. 

Along with several of her colleagues, Katie received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in conjunction with the Chicago chapter of the Federal Bar Association, in recognition of their representation of two boys who were separated from their parents after crossing the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in the United States. DLA Piper and co-counsel, who were also recognized, successfully challenged the decision of the US government to separate the boys, who were 16 and nine years old, from their fathers. The families were reunited after more than six weeks of separation.

Katie also received DLA Piper’s 2022 North American Pro Bono Award.

• Co-author, "What EU And UK Corp. Corruption Reform Means For US Cos.," Law360, January 24, 2024
• Co-author, "Real Estate Transactions Are FinCEN Targets: Far-Reaching Impact of Two Proposed Rules," The Banking Law Journal, Volume 139 Number 5, May 2022
• Co-author, "Securities & Related Investigations: USA," Global Investigations Review, February 2021
• Co-author, "Managing Third-Party Relationships in Light of the US Government’s Continuing Commitment to Investigate and Prosecute Foreign Corruption: The Best Defense is a Good Offense," Nieuwsbrief Bedrijfsjuridische berichten, December 29, 2017
• Co-author, "Global Business Necessitates the Lens of Global Compliance," For The Defense, June 2015
• Author, "Ethical Concerns and Best Practices in Cross-Border Internal Investigations," ABA Commercial & Business Litigation Committee, February 23, 2015

• "Can Family Offices Skirt the CTA? Lawyers Say Don’t Wait to Find Out." Institutional Investor, March 28, 2024
• "DOJ Launches Clawbacks That Could Hit ‘Willfully Blind’ Board Members," Agenda Week, March 10, 2023
• "How I Made Partner: 'Be Patient. What Seems Like a Detour Might Be an Opportunity,' Says DLA Piper's Katie Hausfeld," Law.com, January 8, 2021