Teresa Kung

Teresa Kung is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Ms. Kung has experience representing multinational companies in connection with insider trading, corporate governance, and U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues.  In this capacity, she has assisted with internal investigations, including working closely with internal audit teams and compliance departments and external forensic auditors, assisting in witness interviews, and drafting reports and presentations for boards of directors.   She also advises multinational companies on anti-corruption compliance issues, including performing assessments of global anti-corruption programs, developing and strengthening compliance programs, training legal and compliance employees, and devising and implementing remediation strategies.  She also has drafted policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act, and other countries’ anti-corruption statutes.  Currently, Ms. Kung is part of a team of Gibson Dunn attorneys conducting an FCPA compliance monitorship of a major international company in connection with its settlements with the DOJ and SEC.

Ms. Kung earned her Juris Doctor in 2009 from New York University School of Law where she served as an articles editor for the Journal of Law and Business.  She received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.  She graduated magna cum laude.

Prior to earning her law degree, Ms. Kung was a legal assistant for a major Silicon Valley technology company, where she helped the legal department implement a company-wide FCPA training program for its employees. 

Ms. Kung is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Publications                                                                                           

"Hot Off the Press: Resetting the Global Anti-Corruption Thermostat to the UK Bribery Act", Business Law International, September 2011