Khushaal Ved
Counsel
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024Khushaal Ved has an excellent reputation in the investigations space. He is a safe pair of hands and gets the job done.
Kush guides clients through sensitive internal and government investigations across Asia-Pacific, from report to resolution.
Clients identify Kush as their “go-to-resource in the region,” and he is globally recognized as a leading cross-border investigations and compliance lawyer, earning accolades from Asian Legal Business, Chambers, Global Investigations Review, Legal 500, The Financial Times, and Who’s Who Legal for his “excellent reputation” and “authority beyond his years”.
Kush’s global investigations practice prioritizes the critical issues international regulators are focused on with an appreciation of local nuances. Operating from Singapore, and previously in our firm’s London and D.C. offices, he has unique multi-FCPA case experience leading on these matters from Asia. Kush draws from his multiple representations in front of the U.S. Department of Justice, SEC, SFO, AGC, CPIB, CAD, MAS, Indian Police, and KPK.
He counsels clients on preventative and reactive compliance; from dawn raids, transactional risk, and policies and procedure preparedness, to whistleblower complaints and regulatory responses. Kush advises on bribery, corruption and cross-border litigation; and builds and tests clients’ compliance systems.
Kush also leads our Southeast Asia international trade, sanctions, and export controls practice. He helps clients navigate the increasing realm of matters that fall under the “compliance” umbrella, including workplace conflicts, forced labor, environmental compliance, and third-party management. Kush connects with all, and is selected to present to the C-suite, and interview all levels of a business. Kush is fluent and innovative on data processing techniques that can reduce reviews from millions to thousands, in both costs and volume of data.
Leading the Singapore office’s Pro Bono efforts, his novel work in environmental conservation, using blockchain technology, has earned him a global nomination as TrustLaw Lawyer of the Year by Thomson Reuters.
Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2024Kush is very bright, on top of the law and never takes his foot off the gas.
Representative experience
Counsel to a leading telecoms client in a U.S. FCPA cross-border investigation and disclosure of commercial bribery in the Philippines; achieved a double declination from the DOJ and SEC.
Leading a U.S. DOJ and SEC FCPA investigation and disclosure in the life sciences sector in Asia-Pacific.
Advising on whistleblower report responses in India, Singapore and South Korea for a global medical technology corporation.
Counsel to an international hospitality and gaming entity with a regulatory investigation spanning five jurisdictions: Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, Thailand and the U.S.
Advising a global trust services provider on multi-jurisdictional regulatory enquiries across Asia-Pacific and the U.S.
Counsel to a Singapore-headquartered commodities trading company in connection with an investigation by the FBI and U.S. DOJ for alleged sanctions violations, regulator raids and money laundering.
Counsel to a Big 4 audit, tax and advisory firm with a PCAOB investigation in relation to its Singapore operations.
Counsel to a global financial institution on a KPK investigation relating to a USD 2 billion financing to an Indonesian conglomerate group.
Acting for a French financial institution in responding to multijurisdictional regulatory data requests, and in limiting and focusing productions.
Conducting an internal and regulatory investigation for a listed Singapore company into allegations of corrupt payments to government officials in Brazil, in connection with “Operation Car Wash”.
Counsel to one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies with respect to an internal investigation and crisis leadership in India.
Conducting internal investigations for a leading Vietnamese manufacturing company into alleged bribery, corruption, employment and customs compliance issues in Vietnam.
Advising an Indonesian energy JV in relation to an internal investigation concerning allegations of government corruption, in a USD 1 billion project and a KPK investigation.
Assisting a leading Chinese technology company with addressing ABC and compliance issues with compliance staffing support, modern slavery and ESG considerations, and risk for new business lines.
Counsel to a U.S.-headquartered automotive giant on their global compliance and risk assessment.
Advising Wildchain on staffing, and on compliance with the laws and regulations of Singapore relating to payment services, blockchain technology and digital tokens.
Advising a Japanese trading company on FCPA, regulatory and commercial risks in relation to a JV infrastructure project in excess of USD 2 billion in Bangladesh.
Advising a Japanese trading company on the proposed USD 1 billion acquisition of an international, French-headquartered leading diversified industrials distributor.
Advising a U.S.-headquartered company with U.S. and Singapore export controls, trade compliance and customer relationships.
Lead contact for the United Nations on multiple initiatives including their cross-collaboration on tackling bribery and corruption in sport with the IOC, and their fight against corruption platform.
Credentials
- Legal Practice Course, BPP University Law School, With Commendation, 2015
- Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University, With Distinction, 2014
- MSc. Criminology and Criminal Justice, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, 2013
- MA Geography, Jesus College, University of Oxford, 2012
- Law Society of England and Wales
- California
- England and Wales
- The Law Society of England and Wales
- Young Fraud Lawyers Association
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
