Brandt Leibe

About Brandt Leibe

When a Fortune 500 company receives a target letter from the DOJ, when an SEC subpoena arrives on a Friday afternoon, when a qui tam whistleblower threatens to unravel years of business operations—those are the moments when my clients reach out. I’m a Partner in King & Spalding’s Special Matters and Government Investigations practice, and I’ve spent nearly two decades defending companies and executives through the highest-stakes federal and state enforcement actions in the country. My practice spans the full spectrum of white-collar defense: DOJ criminal investigations, SEC enforcement proceedings, False Claims Act qui tam litigation, FCPA anticorruption matters, trade and export controls, and state attorney general actions. I’ve led the global resolution of multi-agency investigations for household-name companies—coordinating simultaneous settlements across DOJ criminal divisions, HHS-OIG, Medicaid Fraud Control Units, and state consumer protection authorities. I advise audit committees on internal investigations, conduct FCPA diligence for billion-dollar M&A transactions, and defend companies facing suspension and debarment by the U.S. government and multilateral development banks. Before King & Spalding, I clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge J. Michael Luttig on the Fourth Circuit. I’m ranked by Chambers USA for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (2018–2025), recognized by Lawdragon as one of 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management, and listed by Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, and Lexology Index for investigations. I earned my J.D. from Yale Law School and my B.A. from Davidson College. If your company is facing a government investigation or compliance crisis, I’d welcome the conversation. Connect to discuss government investigations, corporate defense, and regulatory compliance.#WhiteCollarDefense #GovernmentInvestigations #FCPA #DOJ #SEC #CorporateCompliance #FalseClaims #ExportControls #CrisisManagement #HealthcareFraud

Experience

1. Partner

   King & Spalding

   Jan 2013 — Present

   Lead counsel in high-stakes government investigations and white-collar defense matters for Fortune 100–500 companies, senior executives, and healthcare providers. Practice spans DOJ criminal investigations, SEC enforcement, FCPA anticorruption, False Claims Act qui tam litigation, trade and export controls, antitrust, and state attorney general enforcement. Selected engagements: • Multi-Agency Global Resolution (Major Healthcare Company): Led the defense and global resolution of multiple DOJ investigations, including criminal misbranding allegations and False Claims Act claims in seven qui tam actions. Concurrently negotiated a Corporate Integrity Agreement with HHS-OIG, resolved Medicaid Fraud Control Unit claims across multiple states, and settled consumer protection lawsuits—coordinating across more than a dozen federal and state enforcement bodies. • FCPA & Anticorruption: Advised Fortune 250 energy companies and a medical device manufacturer on FCPA compliance, internal investigations, and DOJ/SEC advocacy. Led corruption investigations across Latin America for several large corporate clients. Conducted FCPA due diligence for energy-sector M&A on behalf of a Fortune 500 company. • Parallel Federal Investigations: Represented a global financial institution in simultaneous investigations by the DOJ, SEC, and other regulators. • Healthcare Fraud: Successfully resolved parallel civil and criminal DOJ investigations for a physician-owned hospital. Resolved promotional-practice investigations for leading pharmaceutical manufacturers across multiple U.S. Attorney’s Offices, FDA, HHS-OIG, and state attorneys general. • Trade & Export Controls: Defended companies in DOJ, FTC, and global regulatory actions involving international trade and export control enforcement. • Board Advisory: Counseled audit committees of boards of directors on internal investigations involving alleged accounting fraud and corporate impropriety.

Education

• Yale Law School

  J.D.

  2002 — 2005

• Davidson College

  B.A., History

  1998 — 2002