Sanjay Bhandari is Co-Chair of the Firm’s White Collar and Investigations Practice.
His practice focuses on government investigations, white-collar defense, and intellectual property litigation. He is a former federal prosecutor, a former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney, and an experienced trial lawyer in criminal and civil cases.
Mr. Bhandari has conducted numerous internal investigations, created and reviewed corporate compliance programs, and defended many individuals and corporations in government investigations and enforcement proceedings. He has particular expertise in anti-corruption laws (including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)), healthcare laws, and securities laws. He has also handled cases involving antitrust, environmental, money laundering, and tax issues, among others.
Mr. Bhandari’s intellectual property experience includes several copyright, patent, and trademark trials, and numerous litigated cases in a wide range of industries, including chemicals, memory chips, medical and dental devices, software, and television broadcasts.
Mr. Bhandari has tried approximately twenty cases before juries, judges, and arbitrators, including trials that ran from a few days to several months in length. The Department of Justice twice recognized his investigative and trial work by awarding him one of its highest awards for federal prosecutors, in 2006 and 2001.
Updated Sep 2023
