Lindsey Collins

Overview Experience Honors Insights Overview Lindsey Collins is special counsel in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the firms Washington, D. C. office. Areas of Practice Lindsey has significant experience as white collar criminal defense counsel to individuals and companies facing confidential, high-stakes government investigations involving antitrust violations, fraud, money laundering, and bribery, among other issues. She has been responsible for large-scale grand jury subpoena responses, planning and conducting internal investigations, preparing clients and company employees for government interviews and counseling clients through different stages of criminal proceedings. Experience Experience Government Investigations Led response to grand jury subpoena in sweeping, multi-year criminal investigation in which the client was not charged. Successfully represented former precious metals trader through cooperation with DOJ in criminal antitrust and market manipulation probe. Represented global telecom company in DOJ investigation into suspected money laundering. First-chaired witness interviews and prepared company witnesses for DOJ interviews. Internal Investigations Investigated suspected media leaks for large public company, after which leaks ceased. Independently handled as lead counsel investigation into theft by a former employee of a large nonprofit. Honors Honors Recommended Lawyer in Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense, Legal 500 US, 2025 Rising Star in Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense, Legal 500 US, 2020-2021, 2023 One to Watch in Criminal Defense: White Collar, The Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2025 Insights Articles DOJ Announces Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy Concurrences, 10.04.2023 Self-Disclosure Lessons From Exemplary Corp. Resolutions Law360, 09.13.2023 4 Areas Of Heightened Antitrust Risk In Private Equity Law360, 05.18.2023 Antitrust Law Posts DOJ Announces Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy, October 11, 2023 A Big Deal: FTC and DOJ Issue Long-Awaited New Draft Merger Guidelines, July 20, 2023 Government Contracting Companies Beware: DOJs Procurement Collusion Strike Force is Global, Growing, and Going Strong, June 22, 2023 Recent Antitrust Leniency Program Revisions Examined in ABAs 2023 Edition of the Antitrust Cartel Leniency and Sentencing Handbook, June 12, 2023 Hot Antitrust Enforcement Climate Reaches Private Equity, May 11, 2023 White Collar & Government Enforcement Posts DOJ Touts Emerging Results from New Corporate Crime Self-Reporting Initiatives, July 11, 2023 Books Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Team Contributes to the First Edition of the ABAs Antitrust Cartel Leniency and Sentencing Handbook03.21.2023