Johan Gonzalez is an associate in Ropes & Gray's litigation and enforcement group, where his practice focuses on complex civil litigation, white-collar defense, and government investigations. He has represented clients in a wide range of high-stakes matters, including litigation involving the False Claims Act, and has advised private equity sponsors, investment funds, public companies, and their directors and officers in disputes arising out of corporate transactions. Johan also has experience representing global corporations in both civil and criminal investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice. Johan maintains a robust pro bono practice, including representing indigent criminal defendants in federal court and assisting noncitizens with their immigration process.
Johan received his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a comments editor for Legal Forum and a student attorney with the Immigrants' Rights Clinic. Prior to joining Ropes, Johan worked as an investigator in the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Medicaid Fraud Division, where he conducted complex civil and criminal False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback statute investigations into Medicaid providers for four years. As an investigator, he conducted witness and target interviews, participated in the execution of warrants, testified in a criminal trial, and participated in settlement negotiations. He also interned in the Criminal I Section of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts in the Economic Crimes Unit.
Experience
- Represents major healthcare technology company in connection with an FCA investigation.
- Represents global aerospace and defense company in an FCA investigation.
- Represents major private equity company in civil FCA litigation.
- Represents a private equity company in complex civil litigation spanning five jurisdictions, including the Delaware Court of Chancery, involving alleged fraud in the sale of a portfolio company.
- Represented major healthcare company in connection with federal antitrust investigation.
- Represented former executive of a multinational e-commerce corporation in connection with a federal civil trial.
- Represents a private equity company in complex civil litigation spanning five jurisdictions, including the Delaware Court of Chancery, involving alleged fraud in the sale of a portfolio company.
- Conducted internal investigations on behalf of U.S.-based multinational healthcare company involving allegations of bribery and violations of company policy in Latin America, including in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia. Advised client on implementation of compliance policies in response to investigative findings.