Jason H. Smith is a senior associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group and focuses primarily on white collar criminal defense, corporate compliance, and securities litigation. Mr. Smith has particular experience representing multinational corporate clients in government investigations, including before the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory and enforcement agencies. He has advised clients on, and conducted internal investigations involving, alleged securities and accounting fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), and other anti-corruption laws.

Mr. Smith’s representative matters include:

• Conducted an extensive anti-corruption internal investigation for a major South American oil company in connection with investigations by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission;
• Represented a former CEO charged criminally under the FCPA and Travel Act in United States v. Carson for alleged payments to foreign officials in 30 countries;
• Played a significant role in the FCPA compliance monitorships of Siemens AG and other companies;
• Represented a global financial institution in an accounting fraud investigation and enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission;
• Represented a large transport communications and systems engineering company in an investigation by the World Bank Integrity Vice Presidency;
• Represented an executive of a Fortune 500 company in connection with an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into alleged accounting fraud;
• Conducted an anti-corruption compliance program review for a major credit card issuer and bank holding company;
• Advised companies in various sectors, including finance, construction, and energy, on creating or enhancing anti-corruption policies and procedures;
• Conducted an internal investigation in Brazil for a global real estate developer and operator;
• Conducted anti-corruption due diligence on behalf of a multinational investment bank and financial services company in connection with the securitization of assets in Brazil.
• Represented defendants in In re Toyota Motor Corporation Securities Litigation, a U.S. shareholder class action lawsuit alleging that Toyota failed to disclose safety and quality concerns related to recalls and reports of unintended vehicle acceleration.

Mr. Smith’s academic publications include:

• “FCPA Enforcement Against U.S. and Non-U.S. Companies,” 8 Mich. Bus. & Entrepreneurial L. Rev. (with Michael S. Diamant and Christopher W.H. Sullivan) (forthcoming); and
• “Sanctionable Practices at the World Bank: Interpretation and Enforcement,” 18 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 985 (2016) (with Michael S. Diamant and Christopher W.H. Sullivan).

Mr. Smith is fluent in Portuguese and regularly uses it in his practice.

Mr. Smith rejoined the firm in 2015 after serving as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.  As a law clerk, Mr. Smith assisted Judge Pfaelzer with managing her high-stakes securities class action cases and multi-district litigation docket.

Mr. Smith received his law degree cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2011.  Prior to law school, he worked at the U.S. Department of Energy under Secretary Samuel Bodman, where he managed participation of the Secretary in ministerial and bilateral meetings. He graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 2007.