Peter S. Spivack

Practice groupLitigation, Arbitration, and Employment

Peter Spivack is one of the most experienced members of the Investigations, White Collar and Fraud practice area and served as the global co-leader of the practice for six years. His experience in the criminal arena includes antitrust, environmental, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), government contract, and health care matters. According to Chambers and Partners, where he is ranked in both the White Collar and FCPA practice areas, clients call him "fantastic" and say that he "is very insightful and a very good communicator."

Peter has three decades of experience working with multijurisdictional investigation. He has represented companies and individuals in investigations brought by multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. Peter also has considerable experience in representing entities and individuals in criminal and civil enforcement matters involving health care, government contracts, competition, and antitrust issues.

Previously, Peter was a federal prosecutor focusing on the investigation and prosecution of complex white collar criminal matters involving corporations and individuals. Most of his investigations involved parallel enforcement actions by federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as parallel federal and state civil litigation. Peter received an award from the U.S. Attorney General for superior performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Peter clerked for the Honorable William D. Keller of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and for the Honorable Arthur Alarcon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Peter frequently writes and speaks on federal criminal issues. Peter plays an active role in the bar, currently serving as a Co-chair of the Health Care Fraud Subcommittee for the ABA White Collar Crime Committee and as a past Co-chair of the Criminal Law and Individual Rights Committee for the D.C. Bar.

"The white-collar team at Hogan Lovells is particularly well known for handling complex FCA work, having been active in a number of high-profile matters in the space; these include representing Chemed Corporation and VITAS Healthcare in a nationwide FCA case in which the Government is seeking over $1bn in damages, and acting for DaVita in negotiating a global settlement of a federal grand jury investigation and related civil suit under the qui tam provisions of the federal FCA. Peter Spivack leads the practice from Washington DC where other key team members include highly rated trial lawyer Robert Bennett and Kathryn Hellings who is a recent recruit from the DOJ's antitrust division."
Legal 500

Awards and recognitions

2021

Top FCPA Practitioners
Global Investigations Review

2016-2020

FCPA (USA)
Chambers Global

2010-2020

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
Chambers USA

2015-2020

FCPA (Nationwide)
Chambers USA

2011-2020

Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
Legal 500 US

2017

Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
Legal 500 US

2007-2020

Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers

2006-2013

Government Investigations
PLC Life Sciences Cross-border Handbook,

Criminal Defense: White Collar
Best Lawyers in America

Education and admissions

Education

J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, Order of the Coif, 1988

B.A., Stanford University, 1984

Memberships

Co-chair, White Collar Crime Committee, D.C. Region for the American Bar Association, 2005-2008

Co-chair, White Collar Crime Committee, Health Care Fraud Subcommittee for the American Bar Association, 2008-2013

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Criminal Justice Act Criminal Appeals Panel, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Member, White Collar Crime Subcommittee, American Bar Association

Steering Committee, D.C. Bar Committee on Criminal Law and Individual Rights, 2002-2005

Bar admissions and qualifications

District of Columbia

California

Court admissions

U.S. Court of International Trade

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Representative experience

Counsel to the world's leading business information company in a voluntary disclosure to the SEC and DOJ, achieving the first declination under the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy.

Counsel to a major developer of retail centers in an FCPA investigation in Mexico.

Counsel to a concert and exhibition promotion company in an FCPA investigation in Egypt.

Counsel to one of the world's largest electric utility companies in an FCPA and anti-corruption investigation in Brazil and the United States.

Counsel to a Spanish construction company in an investigation of corruption allegations by the World Bank.

Counsel to a French electrical utility equipment manufacturer in an investigation of corruption allegations by the World Bank.

Counsel to a publicly traded orthopedic implant manufacturer in an FCPA investigation in Mexico and follow-on RICO litigation in the United States.

Counsel to a publicly traded consumer products company in an FCPA investigation in Greece.

Counsel to a Korean engineering company in a World Bank investigation and negotiated resolution.

Counsel to the world's tenth largest electric utility in the Lava Jato investigation in Brazil; obtained a declination from DOJ and a US$2.5 million resolution from the SEC.

Counsel to a leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer in a voluntary disclosure of commercial bribery in the Philippines; achieved a double declination from the SEC and DOJ.

Counsel to a leading business software manufacturer in a voluntary disclosure of alleged bribery in Turkey; achieved a double declination from the SEC and DOJ.

Counsel to a publicly traded industrial equipment manufacturer regarding alleged improper payments to customs and importation officials in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.

Counsel to one of the world's leading aerospace companies in a voluntary disclosure to DOJ of alleged improper payments to obtain high-speed railway contracts in China.

Counsel to a Mexican state-owned oil and gas company in a voluntary disclosure to the SEC and DOJ.

Latest thinking and events

News

DOJ announces new policies concerning third party messaging apps and compensation clawbacks

14 March 2023

Webinar

Global Bribery and Corruption 2023 webinar

Option 1: Wednesday, 8 March 2023 | Option 2: Thursday, 9 March 2023

Published Works

Conducting life sciences investigations in Vietnam

15 February 2023

Published Works

How the IFC promotes integrity in development finance in the world’s highest-risk environments

07 February 2023

Insights and Analysis

Doing business in the United States

Registered Content

21 December 2022