Awards and Rankings
Hogan Lovells Cartel Investigations and Defense team ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500 US
15 June 2020
PartnerWashington, D.C.
Email kathryn.hellings@hoganlovells.com
Phone +1 202 637 5483
Fax +1 202 637 5910
Practice groupLitigation, Arbitration, and Employment
After spending more than a decade handling international criminal investigations as a Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor, Katie Hellings has developed a practice representing corporations and individuals in white collar criminal investigations, with a primary focus on international cartel and corruption investigations.
Katie understands the global risks clients face in these investigations, and she uses her vast experience to help clients successfully navigate investigations and reach satisfactory resolutions. In addition to her investigations work, she assists clients in spotting, addressing and, preventing potential problems and risks.
While at the DOJ, Katie investigated and prosecuted regional, domestic, and international cartel cases, including two of the Antitrust Division's largest international cartel investigations in history air transportation and auto parts. She also investigated and prosecuted foreign corrupt practices act (FCPA) violations, wire fraud, mail fraud, bribery, kickbacks, and obstruction. She served as lead prosecutor in the largest criminal investigation in Antitrust Division history, an investigation of price fixing, bid rigging, and market allocation in the automobile parts industry, which, prior to her departure from the Antitrust Division, resulted in charges against 23 corporations and nearly US$2 billion in criminal fines. In the air transportation investigation, Katie was a member of the team that prosecuted more than 20 airlines for price fixing, resulting in a then-record setting US$1.8 billion in criminal fines, as well as criminal charges against more than 20 individuals.
Katie has experience working with clients from many different industry sectors, including life sciences, financial institutions, transportation, and technology.
Named a Legal 500 "Leading Lawyer" for cartels, Katie is a regularly featured speaker and writer on issues in cartel law and, more generally, white collar crime.
Antitrust: Cartel, Hall of Fame
Legal 500 US
Antitrust: Cartel, Recommended
Legal 500 US
Acritas Star
Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers
Antitrust: Cartel, Leading Lawyer
Legal 500 US
Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
Legal 500 US
40 Under 40
Global Competition Review
Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service
U.S. Department of Justice
Arthur S. Flemming Award
Assistant Attorney General Award of Distinction
U.S. Department of Justice
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Award for Excellence
Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service
U.S. Department of Justice
Assistant Attorney General Award of Distinction
U.S. Department of Justice
Competition: Future Leaders
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Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, cum laude, 2001
B.A., LeMoyne College, magna cum laude, Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociological Honor Society, Eugene M. Fitzmartin Award, 1998
Memberships
Co-Chair, ABA Antitrust Section’s Symposium on Sentencing Reform, 2015-2016
Member, ABA Antitrust Section, Cartel and Criminal Practice Committee, US Sentencing Guidelines Working Group, 2015
Member, ABA Antitrust Section, Compliance & Ethics Committee Advisory Board, 2015
Member, Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
Member, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association
Vice-Chair, ABA Antitrust Section, Membership and Diversity Committee, 2015-2016
Bar admissions and qualifications
District of Columbia
New York
Lead prosecutor in investigation of price fixing, bid rigging, and market allocations in the automotive parts industry.
Lead prosecutor in criminal investigation of fraud in the defense industry, including the division's first case under the Anti-Kickback Act, 41 U.S.C.
Member of prosecution team investigating international price fixing cartel in the airline industry.
Represented corporations in investigations by the Department of Justice, SEC, and World Bank.
Counsel to one of the world's largest electric utility companies in an FCPA and anti-corruption investigation in Brazil and the United States.
Counsel to a French electrical utility equipment manufacturer in an investigation of corruption allegations by the World Bank.
Acting for life sciences companies in compliance reviews and investigations.
Awards and Rankings
15 June 2020
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