Brian Burke And Cáitrín Mckiernan Join Steptoe & Johnson’s Investigations & White-Collar Defense Team

Brian Burke And Cáitrín Mckiernan Join Steptoe & Johnson’s Investigations & White-Collar Defense Team

Steptoe & Johnson law firm has strengthened its Asia investigations and white-collar defense team in New York by hiring pair of lawyers from Shearman & Sterling.

Cáitrín McKiernan and Brian Burke join as latest in string of hires in Steptoe’s investigations and white-collar defense team.

Newly minted Partner Cáitrín McKiernan has joined Steptoe, after former Shearman Partner Brian Burke. McKiernan, who like Burke speaks fluent Mandarin, will also be based in Steptoe’s Hong Kong office, the firm announced.

Steptoe Chairman Gwen Renigar welcoming the new recruits, commented, “Cáitrín's work enhances Steptoe’s reputation for counselling clients on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the Asia-Pacific region while helping our clients manage the unique risks that arise in connection with investment, trade and business.”

McKiernan specializes in conducting multijurisdictional compliance reviews and internal investigations, crafting compliance policies and providing compliance counselling and training. She spent approximately seven years at Shearman before joining Steptoe. During that time, she also spent a year on secondment at Google, where she was in charge of the company's compliance investigations in Asia Pacific.

Burke has moved over to Steptoe after more than eight years as a partner at Shearman, having joined the firm as an associate in 2005.

As a compliance and investigative lawyer, he advises companies with operations in Asia on FCPA/anti-corruption, economic sanctions, antitrust, shareholder litigation, anti-money laundering. He has carried various investigations throughout Asia Pacific, including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.