I represent companies and individuals before the DOJ, SEC, CFTC and CBP in domestic and international investigations.
Adam Safwat focuses on white collar criminal defense, government and Congressional investigations, corporate enforcement matters, and internal investigations. His practice is multi-faceted, and he has extensive experience advising clients involved in matters impacting public and private companies, including securities and accounting fraud, financial fraud, anti-money laundering enforcement, U.S. economic sanctions, enforcement matters related to Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and cartels operating in Latin America and Mexico, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement. Adam routinely counsels companies on managing international risk in their operations. In addition, Adam has experience representing clients involved in matters relating to bribery of U.S. politicians and the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).
Clients seek Adam’s advice to guide them through high-stakes matters facing the federal government, including representing high profile individuals, companies and organizations in sensitive DOJ and Congressional investigations. He has experience servicing clients in the energy, financial services and pharmaceutical sectors, among other industries. In addition, he provides clients in a host of industries with extensive counseling on best practices for compliance programs, internal controls, and communication strategies involving high-risk issues.
Adam previously served as a deputy chief of the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division from 2012 to 2014, having also served as an assistant chief and a trial attorney from 2006 to 2012. During his time at the Fraud Section, Adam served on several complex securities fraud investigations of individuals and entities in the financial services industry, including matters involving alleged accounting fraud relating to complex derivative instruments and special purpose entities. Adam was a member of the government’s successful trial team in a case against five former reinsurance executives involving accounting and financial statement fraud and concluded a related corporate settlement with a major reinsurance company. Adam also led significant FCPA investigations involving companies operating in the commodities, oil services, logistics, and defense industries. He coordinated a multi-jurisdictional investigation resulting in one of the largest FCPA corporate settlements.
While at the Fraud Section, Adam also routinely assisted senior Justice Department officials in responding to Congressional inquiries and preparing for testimony before Senate and House committees investigating the 2008 financial crisis and other issues.
In addition to his case work, Adam worked on policy matters such as new criminal discovery initiatives within the Criminal Division and on proposed amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines relating to corporate accounting fraud and insider trading.
Prior to joining the Fraud Section, Adam spent four years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware, where he conducted jury trials in general crimes cases and also concluded a number of successful white collar investigations in areas such as theft of trade secrets and tax fraud.
