Weng Yee Ng is a Partner at FRA with over 20 years of experience in external and internal audit and forensic accounting. She specializes in investigations from start to settlement, evaluating and building compliance programs, risk assessments, disgorgement and penalty calculations, and litigation support (both civil and criminal).

Weng Yee has conducted work globally – including more than six years in Malaysia – leveraging her language skills, industry knowledge, and cultural understanding to achieve success for her international clients. She has particular expertise in US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) monitorships, disgorgement and penalty calculations, procurement fraud matters, third-party due diligence, pre- and post-acquisition transaction, and anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC) reviews. Weng Yee was recently involved in supporting Switzerland-based commodities trading firm Gunvor SA and its external counsel in a complex profit calculation that led to a USD 660m fine and profit forfeiture, agreed with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Swiss Office of the Attorney General.

On risk advisory matters, Weng Yee supported Swedish-Swiss multinational ABB in reviewing and enhancing its internal controls as part of remediation discussions with the DOJ. Weng Yee has also worked on several corporate compliance monitorships, including supporting oil and gas company Total with a compliance review of their global operations to report to a DOJ-appointed monitor in the context of an FCPA settlement. Weng Yee was also part of the FRA team supporting Airbus in a multi-year forensic accounting and eDiscovery review, reporting to four investigative authorities in the UK, US, and France. Weng Yee’s team focused on a risk assessment and evaluation of the company’s global ABAC compliance program.

Other representative experience includes: leading compliance monitorships for a medical devices company and a financial systems manufacturer, both with global presence and reporting to the SEC and the DOJ; leading multiple investigations, including for a Brazilian petrochemical company, a CAC 40 automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM), an energy construction project in Southeast Asia and others; leading a proactive ABAC review for an international bank; leading multiple pre- and post-acquisition due diligence reviews for businesses in various industries; conducting a profit disgorgement and settlement negotiation with the DOJ for a multinational IT company; and conducting a global third-party due diligence for a large mining equipment manufacturer.

Weng Yee is regularly recognized by Lexology Index, with one source recently noting that she “is fantastic; she possesses tremendously deep knowledge of complex international accounting systems and is very responsive and always helpful.” Weng Yee speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Malay, Indonesian, and Spanish.