Overview
Andrew Sterritt is an associate in the Compliance & Regulatory Counseling practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Andrew counsels clients regarding compliance program development and enhancement, risk assessments, due diligence on third parties in connection with acquisitions, and conducting internal investigations. He has worked as part of a corporate compliance monitor team as well as counseled clients undergoing independent and self-monitorships required by government agencies. This work included helping those clients satisfy monitor recommendations and supporting them in their submission of periodic self-reports to government agencies. In addition, Andrew was seconded to a global engineering and construction company to support with its due diligence reviews of high-risk partnerships.
Andrew received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017, where he served as a senior staff member of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Boston College in 2013. Andrew is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Accolades
- Recognized as Law360 Practice Group of the Year in Compliance - December 16th, 2020
- Paul Hastings Named ‘Compliance Group of the Year’ by Law360 - December 16th, 2020
Representations
- Counsel to Independent Compliance Monitor appointed by DOJ pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement involving FDCA violations
- A global technology company in connection with the enhancement and testing of its anti-corruption compliance program and post-resolution reporting requirements to the DOJ and SEC
- A Fortune 500 European corporation in connection with a post-close, anti-corruption-focused due diligence review of a significant acquisition, integration into the client’s existing compliance program and related internal control, and presentations to U.S. regulators and the World Bank
- A Fortune Global 500 business software and services corporation in connection with the enhancement, monitoring, and testing of its compliance program and related internal controls and post-settlement self-reporting in the United States and Brazil
- Seconded to a Fortune 500 engineering, procurement, and construction company to support with its due diligence reviews of high-risk partnerships
- A South America-based, global aerospace and defense company during its independent compliance monitorship, enhancement of its global anti-corruption program, and related reporting required as part of DOJ and SEC FCPA resolutions
- A European aerospace company before DOJ with respect to allegations of bribery and export control violations that resulted in the largest coordinated anti-corruption resolution with U.S., UK, and French criminal enforcement authorities
Engagement & Publications
- Co-author, “Safe Harbor in the Coming Enforcement Storm? DOJ Announces New M&A Policy to Encourage Compliance”, October 10, 2023
- Co-author, Chapter 93 (Monitorships), Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Court (5th ed. 2021), edited-in-chief by Robert L. Haig