
Lindsey Dieselman
Of CounselLindsey Dieselman advises clients on complex cross-border investigations and U.S. enforcement matters, including those involving bribery, corruption, sanctions, export controls, asset tracing, and national security concerns. Lindsey routinely works with companies and individuals to identify, investigate, and mitigate U.S. criminal and civil enforcement risks. She has experience counseling clients in the aerospace and defense, transportation, technology, software, manufacturing, raw materials, and life sciences sectors.
Lindsey's investigations practice encompasses both internal and government-facing investigations spanning criminal, civil, and regulatory contexts. She has represented clients before U.S. regulators and enforcement authorities including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). She has also represented clients in matters before non-governmental organizations including the World Bank Group.
Lindsey has considerable experience navigating the full life cycle of investigations. As part of her investigations practice, she works with clients to evaluate allegations of misconduct and respond to government inquiries including information requests and subpoenas. Lindsey is experienced in managing investigations involving complex data collection elements, including controlled unclassified data, data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), nationally sensitive data, blocking statutes, Mutual Legal Assistance requests, and cross-border data privacy restrictions. Lindsey counsels clients regarding criminal and civil voluntary self-disclosure programs, including those administered by the DOJ Fraud Section and National Security Division (NSD), OFAC, and BIS. She is also experienced in negotiated resolutions and compliance with deferred prosecution agreements.
Lindsey also has considerable experience advising clients regarding the development and evaluation of effective compliance programs for U.S. anticorruption, sanctions, and export control laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and ITAR. She has worked closely with clients to design and implement Know-Your-Customer (KYC) screening guidelines and sanctions compliance programs. As part of her sanctions and trade controls practice, Lindsey also supports clients in conducting trade controls due diligence in transactional matters.
EXPERIENCE
- Represented a European aerospace and defense company before DOJ regarding allegations of bribery and export control violations, resulting in a favorable deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for the company as part of a coordinated resolution with UK and French criminal enforcement authorities, and continued with the completion of investigation and compliance DPA obligations
- Represented a European transportation company as successor to an entity under investigation by the World Bank Group's Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) regarding allegations of corruption
- Represented two employees of a U.S. defense company in connection with DOJ and SEC investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption related to sales campaigns in the Middle East
- Represented a U.S. life sciences company regarding compliance with DOJ and SEC subpoenas issued in connection with an insider trading and fraud investigation
- Represented a European company in connection with a voluntary disclosure to DOJ under DOJ's Mergers and Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy regarding allegations of corruption concerning an acquired subsidiary
- Designed a sanctions compliance program for a South American company and evaluated its U.S. sanctions compliance risk
- Represented U.S, Canadian, and European companies regarding risk assessments and internal investigations into allegations of diversion of products to sanctioned jurisdictions or end users
- Represented U.S. manufacturing companies in connection with matters before CBP relating to seized goods and improper calculation of duties owed for imports
- Represented a European company before OFAC and DOJ concerning the investigation and voluntary self-disclosure of apparent violations of U.S. sanctions regulations relating to Russia
- J.D., Georgetown University, Law Center
- B.A., Duke University
cum laude
Pro Bono
Prior Experience