Debevoise & Plimpton LLP was named “Most Impressive Investigations Practice of the Year” at the 2023 Global Investigations Review Awards on November 16, for having successfully navigated the most high-profile and complex investigations in the past 12 months. GIR noted the firm’s role over the past year in representing Lafarge in its nearly $778 million resolution with the DOJ, advising Singaporean marine engineering business Keppel Offshore in its $65 million settlement with two Brazilian agencies, and Corsa Coal Corporation in its declination from U.S. and Canadian authorities over alleged bribes to a state-owned business in Egypt.

The firm was also shortlisted for the “Most Important Development of the Year” category and litigation partner and senior chair Mary Jo White was shortlisted for the “Investigations Professional of the Year” category.

Debevoise’s award-winning White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group is ranked as one of the world’s top practices by Global Investigations Review and as Band 1 by Chambers on both sides of the Atlantic for its complex representations of clients facing litigation and public policy crises, as well as Band 1 in the U.S. for securities enforcement and anti-corruption. Selected by Law360 as a 2021 White Collar Practice Group of the Year and by Benchmark Litigation as the 2022 White Collar Firm of the Year, the group has been involved in some of the most significant investigations, litigations, and resolutions over the past few years, and offers international and domestic clients a depth of experience and global reach that allows for effective and strategic counsel.