A senior associate in the Litigation practice, Cáitrín’s practice focuses on multijurisdictional compliance reviews and internal investigations for multinationals operating across the Asia Pacific region. She speaks regularly about and conducts training on anti-corruption compliance and internal investigations. From January 2019-January 2020, Cáitrín was seconded to a US-listed technology company, where she led all of the company’s internal compliance investigations in Asia Pacific.  

Cáitrín is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and first lived in China as a high school exchange student with the first program that allowed American students to live with Chinese families. In the more than two decades since, her studies and work have focused on Greater China, from majoring in Chinese History at Stanford, studying Mandarin in Taiwan as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, conducting oral histories in the Chinese countryside as a Fulbright Fellow, producing a joint theater production between Stanford and the National Theatre of China in Beijing, to her current legal practice.  Cáitrín is also an elected Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

• Leading all internal compliance investigations in Asia Pacific for a US-listed tech company.
• Advising several large multinationals on compliance and investigation matters in Asia Pacific, including a US-listed department store, two US-listed automobile makers, a US-listed shoe company, and a successful Silicon Valley start-up.
• Leading anti-corruption risk assessments of the China operations of two separate tech companies, and drafting compliance policies to address identified risks.
• Conducting an internal investigation into employee misconduct in India on behalf of a US-listed multinational.
• Conducting anti-corruption due diligence of target companies in India on behalf of a global investment bank.

Professional Affiliations

• Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations
• Member, American Bar Association

Awards & Fellowships

• Fulbright Fellow to Fudan University (复旦大学), Shanghai, China
• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Taiwan

Select Speaking Engagements

• “Crisis-Proofing Your Compliance Program: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic," co-presenter, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, webinar, February 15, 2022.
• “Code of Conduct,” guest trainer (in Mandarin Chinese) of 150 employees of a US-listed technology company, October 21, 2020. 
• “Introduction to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” guest presenter (in English and Mandarin Chinese) to compliance lawyers of global technology company, Beijing, China, October 24, 2019.
• “Anti-Corruption Compliance,” guest trainer (in Mandarin Chinese) of employees from a European company, Dongguan, China, June 12, 2019.
• “The Nuts and Bolts of Conducting an Internal Investigation,” guest lecturer to seminar at Peking University School of Transnational Law, Shenzhen, China, June 10, 2019.
• “The Impact of Social Media and Instant Messaging on Capital Markets”, co-lead, ASIFMA Compliance and Legal Conference, Hong Kong, May 30, 2019. 
• “Anti-Corruption Compliance,” guest trainer (in Mandarin Chinese) of 40 employees from a European company, Shenzhen, China, May 26, 2019.
• “The WeChat Effect—Understanding the Compliance Risks of Instant Messaging and Social Media Apps,” moderator, American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, November 27, 2018.
• “A Tutorial in US Sanctions,” guest presenter (in Mandarin Chinese) to senior legal team at headquarters of Chinese company, Beijing, China, November 13, 2018.
• “Lessons from the Field: Key Takeaways from Recent Investigations and Enforcement Actions in Asia Pacific," guest presenter to Asia Pacific compliance team of an insurance company, Hong Kong, November 12, 2018.
• “Anti-Corruption Compliance,” guest trainer (in Mandarin Chinese) of 60 employees from a European company, Guangzhou, China, October 27, 2018.
• “Lessons from the Field: Key Takeaways from Recent Investigations,” guest co-presenter to senior and local legal leadership of a US consumer goods company, Shanghai, China, October 26, 2018.
• “The Compliance Risks of Instant Messaging and Social Media Apps," guest presenter to compliance team of a pharmaceutical company, San Francisco Bay Area, California, US, July 25, 2018.
• “The WeChat Effect—Understanding the Compliance Risks of Instant Messaging and Social Media Apps,” guest presenter to plenary session of Hong Kong: 8th Annual Competition Law & Regulatory Global Forum, Hong Kong, July 5, 2018.
• “The Compliance Risks of Instant Messaging and Social Media Apps,” guest presenter to Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai offices of an investment bank, Hong Kong, June 26, 2018.
• “The Nuts and Bolts of Conducting an Internal Investigation,” guest lecturer to seminar at Peking University School of Transnational Law, Shenzhen, China, May 17, 2018.
• “How to Minimize Risk and Optimize Compliance Programs in Asia,” guest co-presenter to compliance team of a pharmaceutical company, San Francisco Bay Area, California, US, February 15, 2018.
• “Anti-Corruption Compliance Training,” guest co-presenter to Hong Kong office of a US multinational, Hong Kong, January 9, 2018.
• “Anti-Corruption & Anti-Bribery Investigations: Practical Considerations in a Cross-Border Context,” panelist, Khaitan & Co., Mumbai and New Delhi, India, September 26-27, 2017.
• “Anti-Corruption Compliance Training,” guest co-presenter to Hong Kong office of an investment bank, Hong Kong, China, September 7, 2017.

Select Publications

• “Witness Interviews in Internal Investigations: The US Perspective,” Global Investigations Review, January 4, 2023.