Maria Piontkovska is a partner with Baker McKenzie's Litigation & Government Enforcement group in the Los Angeles office, co-editor of the Firm's Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog and a member of the Firm’s Technology, Media & Telecoms Global Industry Group. She has significant experience working on behalf of companies operating in emerging markets and high-risk jurisdictions. Maria has managed a number of internal and government-facing legal compliance investigations for a variety of Fortune 500 companies and advised on related settlement negotiations with the US Department of Justice, US Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state regulatory entities. Maria has been recognized as a "Rising Star" by Southern California Super Lawyers (2022-23). Maria has written and spoken extensively on emerging compliance trends in environmental, social and governance (ESG) legal risk, corruption and sanctions, and advises on best practices in compliance program development. Maria's principal areas of practice are corporate internal investigations, corporate compliance, and broader regulatory risk management. Maria is a trusted advisor to global corporations on investigations and assessments covering a variety of legal compliance and crisis matters, including bribery/corruption, sanctions and export controls diversion issues, fraud, money laundering, forced labor and human rights. She has conducted sensitive internal investigations, in particular those arising under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, for multinational corporations in more than 20 international jurisdictions. She also regularly counsels clients on corporate compliance, ESG and corporate governance matters. Maria has served on compliance monitorship teams as well as represented companies under compliance monitorships.