A partner in the Litigation Department, Margot Laporte counsels global clients confronting complex multijurisdictional regulatory, litigation, and reputational risk arising from enforcement matters.
Margot focuses her practice on cross-border internal and regulatory investigations, white-collar criminal defense, securities enforcement matters, and regulatory compliance, including with respect to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), anti-money-laundering regulations, economic sanctions laws, insider trading, and accounting fraud. She has conducted investigations on behalf of clients in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Russia.
Credentials
Education
- Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2009, cum laude
- Dartmouth College, A.B., Government and Romance Languages, 2005, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Clerkships
- HonorableSonia Sotomayor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2007 (Judicial Internship)