About Michael Harper

Michael Culhane Harper is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of the leading global law firm, K&L Gates. A former federal prosecutor, he is a trilingual white-collar lawyer with deep global experience representing individuals and corporations in high-stakes matters involving US laws with extraterritorial reach, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and the False Claims Act. He regularly advises clients on export controls, sanctions, trade and tariff issues, antitrust investigations and enforcement, anti-money laundering, government procurement, and complex financial fraud.

Prior to joining K&L Gates, Michael spent over seven years as a prosecutor in the FCPA Unit at the Department of Justice, where he spearheaded some of the most significant and complex international bribery and money laundering cases against publicly traded and privately held companies, board members and executives, finance professionals, lawyers, and high-level foreign government officials.

Prior to public service, Michael spent seven years working for a global law firm, most of which was spent in the firm’s São Paulo, Brazil office. He has extensive experience throughout Latin America and speaks Portuguese and Spanish.