Karen Popp

Experience

1. Partner and Formal Global Co-chair of White Collar & Compliance Group

   Sidley Austin LLP

   Nov 1998 — Present

   Karen is the former global co-leader of the firm’s White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations group. Karen’s practice focuses on high-stakes matters, such as global internal investigations, defense against U.S. Department of Justice and SEC Enforcement investigations, Congressional investigations, OIG and State Attorney General actions, corporate compliance, and litigation. Karen represents clients across a host of industries and often in crisis management situations. Her clients range from major corporations to non-profit/higher education institutions, and to prominent business, political, and sports figures, including a U.S. Presidential Cabinet Member, a Corporate CEO and a General Counsel, senior FBI official, an NFL team senior officer, and a Big Ten football coach. She has been retained to conduct confidential internal investigations in more than 70 countries, defend corporations and individuals in government investigations and advise corporate boards and management relating to alleged FCPA and OFAC violations, securities and financial fraud, accounting irregularities, environmental crimes, kickbacks, tax fraud, qui tams, misuse of corporate assets, false claims, antitrust, corruption, fraud, whistleblower, “Me Too,” racial, gender, inequality, other misconduct claims and post-Dobbs related issues.Karen also assists clients in designing and enhancing corporate compliance and ethics programs, and currently serves as outside counsel to several corporate compliance departments. She has conducted global compliance and risk assessments for numerous U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Karen helps companies to respond to internal allegations of wrongdoing, conducts training for boards of directors, management, compliance departments and other company personnel, and conducts compliance due diligence regarding corporate acquisitions and joint ventures.Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Skills

• Competition Law
• Trial Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Appeals
• Trade Secrets
• Corporate Governance
• Arbitration
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Business Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Anti-Corruption
• Criminal Law
• Internal Investigations
• Litigation
• Fraud
• False Claims
• Civil Litigation
• Class Actions
• Fcpa
• Securities Regulation