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Martin S. Bloor

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Martin S. Bloor

Recent News:
An Enforcement Trend? The DOJ Pursues Individuals in Diverse Industries
Martin Bloor, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Department, spoke with The Anti-Corruption Report about the recent FCPA cases against individuals working in a variety of fields.
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Martin focuses his practice on criminal and regulatory investigations of individuals and corporations, corporate monitorships, internal corporate investigations, particularly in connection with potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), public corruption matters, forfeiture proceedings, and antitrust matters. Martin also has experience in complex commercial litigation and appellate matters before federal and state courts. He represents clients in white-collar criminal matters, corporate investigations, and complex commercial litigation.

Martin advises businesses on compliance issues under the FCPA, including assessing, drafting, and implementing corporate compliance programs and has extensive experience in conducting FCPA due diligence and advising on other FCPA risks in the context of mergers and acquisitions, including issues concerning successor liability. He has worked on FCPA issues in a number of international jurisdictions, including Italy, China, Thailand, Brazil, Peru, Russia, Nigeria, Guinea, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East.

Prior to joining Cozen O'Connor, Martin was a partner in the New York office of a national law firm. He also clerked for the Honorable Robert C. Chambers, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia.

Martin earned his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and his law degree, summa cum laude, from New York Law School. While attending law school, he was the articles editor for the New York Law School Law Review.

Experience

Served as a government-appointed integrity monitorship team monitoring for fraud, waste, and abuse in connection with Hurricane Sandy rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in New York City.

Represented a global medical device company as an interface between the government-appointed corporate monitor under a deferred prosecution agreement.

Conducted an international investigation for a global defense company in connection with potentially improper payments to a third party agent in China.

Representing a major Pakistani bank in connection with a forfeiture action filed under the U.S. Patriot Act.

Represented a REIT in connection with an investigation being undertaken by the New York Attorney General.

Represented the audit committee and supervisory board of an Italian company in connection with an internal investigation relating to the acquisition of certain oil rights in Africa.

Represented the trustees of a Liechtenstein trust in connection with an internal investigation into allegations that associated companies obtained mining concessions in Africa through improper payments to individuals associated with African government officials.

Represented a third-party payment processor in connection with both civil and criminal investigations being undertaken relating to the payday lending industry.

Represented a Korean pharmaceutical company in connection with litigation in New York State Court involving a dispute under the terms of a licensing agreement.

Reviewed, revised and implemented an anti-corruption compliance program for a world-leading planning, design, management and supervision consultancy operating across offices in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Represented a Japanese pharmaceutical company in connection with the largest antitrust matter ever prosecuted criminally by the U.S. Department of Justice, and also handled the related civil class action litigations, all involving the worldwide vitamins industry.

Conducted an internal investigation and negotiated a favorable settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a global manufacturing company in connection with allegations of improper payments to government officials in China, Russia, Peru, and Brazil in connection with large public projects.

Conducted an internal investigation for a prominent technology company to determine whether a contract with a Russian state-owned company was obtained through improper means and whether any misrepresentations were made to the U.S. Export-Import Bank in connection with funding for the transaction.

Represented an international offshore engineering and construction company in connection with an inquiry by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into issues relating to stock option backdating.

Represented a global defense company in a U.S. Department of Justice investigation involving possible FCPA issues and in a related civil derivative lawsuit which won dismissal in the federal district court.

Represented a Norwegian oil and gas services company in their plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve FCPA charges.

Conducted extensive FCPA due diligence in connection with the acquisition of a Swiss drugmaker by a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company in a deal valued at more than $5 billion.

Argued an appeal before the Delaware Supreme Court for a major German bank in connection with a lawsuit brought against it for coupon payments on securities issued by the bank’s Delaware LLC.

Advised a global investment bank in connection with FCPA risks associated with establishing a securities joint venture in China.

Represented a large British bank in connection with a series of lawsuits against hedge funds arising out of the financial crisis.

News

An Enforcement Trend? The DOJ Pursues Individuals in Diverse Industries

March 26, 2018

Martin Bloor, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Department, spoke with The Anti-Corruption Report about the recent FCPA cases against individuals working in a variety of fields.

Martin S. Bloor joins Cozen O’Connor’s Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Practice

November 28, 2017

Bloor’s Background Ranges from Complex Commercial Disputes to Matters Involving Improper Payments to Foreign Government Officials

Executives Beware: The DOJ and SEC Have Set Their Sights on Individual Wrongdoing [Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor]

October 15, 2015

Martin Bloor, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Practice Group, discusses how the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are focusing on targeting individuals who are responsible for corporate wrongdoing in Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor.

Practice Areas

Complex Litigation

Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations

Financial Services

Education

New York Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 1999
Fordham University, B.A., 1996

Awards & Honors

Recommended, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense, The Legal 500 United States (2017)

Noted for work as a monitor on the NYC post-Hurricane Sandy rebuilding operation, Global Investigations Review 100 (2016)

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