Norton Rose Hires Former NY Prosecutor for Investigations Team

Norton Rose Fulbright is picking up former New York federal prosecutor Andrey Spektor as it continues a vigorous expansion of its investigations practice.

Spektor, former assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of New York, is joining the firm as a partner in its regulatory, investigations, securities and compliance practice, the firm announced on Tuesday.

Spektor is joining Norton Rose from Bryan Cave Leighton & Paisner along with two associates in New York and St. Louis. His addition comes just days after Norton Rose added a 12-lawyer investigations team from Bryan Cave in St. Louis and Denver.

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Norton Rose is known for its litigation work and when his colleagues joined “it just made it a no-brainer for me,” Spektor said in an interview.

“I’m just ready to take my practice to the next level and that’s what this global platform really presents is an opportunity to continue what I’ve been doing but doing it on an even bigger scale—continuing serving clients that I have overseas, companies that have components outside of the US and having offices in virtually every corner of the world certainly helps,” he said.

Spektor, a former Weil Gotshal & Manges lawyer, joined Bryan Cave in 2021 after nearly seven years at the Eastern District where he worked on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases as well as white-collar crime, organized crime and commercial matters.

He works with companies, boards of directors and individuals in criminal actions, government inquiries, civil enforcement proceedings, complex commercial litigation and appeals, helping clients navigate criminal and civil investigations, including those initiated by the Justice Department and the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Last month, he successfully represented Sigma-Aldrich Inc., now known as MilliporeSigma, in a high-profile matter that resulted in MilliporeSigma receiving the first-ever declination issued by the Justice Department’s National Security Division. The National Security Division imposed no fines or penalties on the Merck KGaA US subsidiary for a long-running, multimillion-dollar scheme perpetrated by one of the company’s employees.

“Andrey is an accomplished litigator with a track record of elite client service,” Norton Rose’s US managing partner Jeff Cody said in a statement.

“Our investigations team has grown significantly over the last four years, assembling an impressive roster that uniquely positions us to advise clients on regulatory issues in the US and globally,” he said.

Norton Rose’s regulatory, investigations, securities and compliance practice has roughly doubled in the US over the last four years to 62 lawyers, the firm said.