Overview
(October 26, 2023, Washington, DC) — Steptoe's Investigations practice was ranked in the International Firms: Compliance and Investigations category for the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Latin America. The Legal 500 series is an independent guide that recommends firms and individuals based on client and market feedback.
The Legal 500 says: "Steptoe & Johnson LLP is a big name in anti-corruption and FCPA cases and has experience of matters in a broad range of Latin American jurisdictions. It represents a large number of multinationals with interests in the region, along with a range of Latin American businesses - particularly Brazil-based organizations. The firm is also engaged by senior executives and individuals in the region. Lucinda Low is a prominent practitioner in FCPA and government investigations, and is a fluent Portuguese speaker having lived and worked in Brazil. Spanish speaker Brigida Benitez - a former Chief of the Office of Institutional Integrity at the IBD - is another experienced figure in anti-corruption matters and internal investigations, often involving the FCPA."
View the list of recommendations at The Legal 500 Latin America.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm’s chair is a woman; the majority of the firm’s elected executive committee is female; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; and the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders. The firm's six-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with two women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.
