Margot focuses her practice on cross-border internal and regulatory investigations, white-collar criminal defense, securities enforcement matters, and regulatory compliance, including with respect to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), anti-money-laundering regulations, economic sanctions laws, insider trading, and accounting fraud. She has conducted investigations on behalf of clients in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Russia.

Margot has extensive experience representing global public companies, boards of directors, audit committees, financial institutions, financial services firms, and senior officers in enforcement matters before numerous domestic and international regulators, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), as well as the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and other international regulators.

Margot is ranked by Chambers USA for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations in Washington, D.C., highlighting her “expert defense of clients in complex white-collar criminal cases.”  She was recognized by Latinvex as one of the top 100 women lawyers specializing in Latin America in the FCPA & Fraud category.