Amy Feagles is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the Firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of its White Collar Defense and Investigations, Financial Institutions, and Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Groups.
Amy’s practice focuses on internal investigations, regulatory enforcement defense, white-collar criminal defense, and compliance counseling across a range of industries, with a particular focus on financial services. She has substantial experience in the defense of multinational companies and individuals in connection with U.S. grand jury investigations, financial regulatory inquiries, and international cartel investigations by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and other U.S. and foreign regulators. Amy also represents clients in complex antitrust litigation matters, including class actions involving allegations of price fixing and related claims in federal courts.
Amy has been recognized by Legal 500 as a “Key Lawyer” in Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense in its 2026 guide and as a "Recommended Lawyer" in Financial Services Litigation in its 2025 guide. She also was recognized as a “Notable Practitioner” by Chambers in Crypto-Asset Disputes in its Fintech Guide 2026. She previously has been named by Best Lawyers as “One to Watch” in both Antitrust Law and Criminal Defense: White Collar.
Selected recent matters include:
- Representing Binance in U.S. agency matters, including investigations by and resolutions with DOJ, the CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC, and litigation against the SEC.
- Representing a global financial institution in multi-agency investigations by and resolutions with SEC, FINRA, and FinCEN relating to the Bank Secrecy Act.
- Representing a global financial institution in an investigation by the CFTC related to its trade surveillance program.
- Representing a global financial institution in connection with the foreign exchange and LIBOR investigations conducted by the Criminal and Antitrust Divisions of DOJ, the CFTC, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, the European Commission, and numerous other international competition, criminal, and regulatory authorities.
- Representing a global financial institution in connection with investigations by various U.S. and international agencies relating to European Government Bonds markets.
- Representing a global financial institution in connection with investigations by various U.S. and international agencies relating to U.S. Treasuries markets.
- Representing a global fintech firm in multi-state enforcement actions relating to its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering compliance program.
- Representing senior officers at international fintech firm in an investigation by DOJ.
- Representing an international shipping company in a U.S. grand jury investigation of alleged market allocation in the global container shipping industry; resolved without charges.
- Representing a healthcare company in an antitrust investigation into hiring practices by DOJ.
- Conducting internal investigations for multi-national companies and financial institutions involving wide range of potential issues.
- Representing UBS in the defense of class actions and direct litigation alleging manipulation of foreign exchange markets.
- Representing UBS in the defense of a class action alleging manipulation of European government bonds markets.
- Representing a healthcare company in the defense of Sherman Act claims relating to hiring practices.
Amy graduated cum laude from Duke University School of Law, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems. Amy also received a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude and with Distinction from Duke University.
Prior to law school, Amy worked at the U.S. Department of State, where she oversaw the implementation of foreign assistance programs in Iraq. In that capacity, she also developed and coordinated policies with respect to human rights and governance in Iraq.
Amy is admitted to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Capabilities
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
- Anti-Corruption & FCPA
- Antitrust and Competition
- Financial Institutions
- Fintech and Digital Assets
- Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- Duke University - 2013 Juris Doctor
- Duke University - 2008 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
- Maryland Bar