Faiza Hasan is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. She focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense and government and internal investigations of companies across a wide range of industries, legal regimes, and jurisdictions.

Faiza has experience advising clients on enforcement, compliance, and litigation matters involving potential violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, US securities laws and regulations, federal environmental laws, and export controls and trade sanctions. As part of this practice, she has represented clients before the US Department of Justice, the Securities & Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission. 

In addition to her investigative work, Faiza counsels clients in connection with cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions, including pre- and post-acquisition due diligence. Faiza also works with clients across industries to review and enhance their internal compliance programs, including drafting policies and procedures, conducting risk assessments, drafting internal trainings, and other compliance-related work.

Faiza maintains an active pro bono practice, primarily representing clients in asylum matters.

Prior to joining Latham, Faiza served as a law clerk at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. 

Faiza’s recent investigations, transactional, and compliance experience includes representing:

  • A global aerospace services company in conducting a comprehensive compliance risk assessment spanning four legal subject areas, including anti-corruption compliance
  • Major multinational corporations in internal investigations and investigations by the US Department of Justice, Securities & Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and the US Congress on matters related to alleged fraud, bribery, corruption, securities violations, environmental crimes, and other concerns
  • A multinational pharmaceutical corporation in connection with significant global internal investigations related to anti-corruption compliance
  • A multinational manufacturing company to investigate employee misconduct allegations
  • Multiple multinational corporations and private equity firms in advising on pre- and post-acquisition compliance risks and risk mitigation
  • A technology company to investigate employee misconduct allegations 
  • Various companies in responding to grand jury subpoenas from the Department of Justice 
  • A multinational retail company in response to a civil investigative demand from the Federal Trade Commission

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Education

  • JD, University of Maryland School of Law, 2017
    magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • BS, University of Maryland, 2014

Languages Spoken

  • Hindi
  • Urdu