Owen Bonheimer

Associate

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Owen Bonheimer is an associate in Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the International Department.  His practice focuses on international regulatory compliance, internal investigations, and controversies.

He is involved in representing corporations and executives on anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering investigations, with experience before the SEC, DoJ, Congress, and the World Bank, and on matters involving parallel foreign probes.  He also advises companies in a range of industries on developing effective compliance tools, employee training programs, and addressing compliance issues.

In the worldwide arbitration practice, he has appeared in investor-state arbitration proceedings before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).  Prior to joining Steptoe, he served as a law clerk with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and as an intern for a federal judge in the District of Columbia.

Mr. Bonheimer has published articles and spoken at seminars on asset recovery in corruption cases, anti-money laundering duties, international procurement fraud, investor-state arbitration, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, human rights litigation, and transnational legal practice.

In the pro bono area, he handles consumer protection matters, as well as human rights cases before US and international tribunals.

Mr. Bonheimer is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and is familiar with Latin American civil law jurisdictions through legal experience in Brazil and at the Organization of American States.

Select News & Events

• Steptoe FCPA Alert Published by Competition Law360

Publications

• High-Level Executives Targeted for FCPA Enforcement; Continued Scrutiny of Foreign Subsidiary Operations
  October 8, 2008
• International Law Advisory - New Department of Justice FCPA Opinion Procedure Release Establishes a Limited Safe Harbor Against Successor Liability Based on Significant Undertakings by An Acquirer Regarding Its Post-Closing Conduct
  July 1, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Willbros Group Agrees to Pay $32.3 Million To Resolve DoJ and SEC FCPA Enforcement Actions
  May 21, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Recent Oil-for-Food Program Cases Show the Government's Willingness to Pursue "Improper" Payments Outside the FCPA's Antibribery Provisions, Call Attention to Foreign Enforcement
  March 17, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Sight-Seeing Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Lucent Fined for Financing Sight-Seeing Trips for Chinese Officials
  February 1, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Fifth Circuit Clarifies the Intent Requirements for a Criminal FCPA Conviction
  November 9, 2007
• International Law Advisory - The Kozeny Saga Continues
  October 27, 2007
• International Law Advisory - Baker Hughes Agrees to Pay Record $44.1 Million To Resolve DoJ and SEC FCPA Enforcement Actions
  May 3, 2007

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Professional Affiliations

• Inter-American Bar Association, Working Group on Money Laundering and Corruption, Vice President
• International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) Commercial Fraud Commission, US Law Reporter
• AIJA International Arbitration Commission
• DC Bar Public International and Criminal Law Committee