SEC’s Top Foreign Bribery Lawyer to Join Simpson Thacher
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Cheryl Scarboro, a 19-year Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who has led the agency’s foreign bribery investigations since last year, is leaving to join law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Scarboro, 47, will become a partner in Simpson Thacher’s Washington office in the government and internal investigations practice, the firm said today in a statement. She’s leaving the SEC 16 months after being appointed to lead an enforcement unit focused on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits U.S. firms from bribing officials to win or maintain business.