Mr Cullen's biography on the firm website says that he 'counsels corporate executives, boards of directors, elected officials and the heads of major nonprofit institutions on matters of the utmost sensitivity'. FIFA has been the subject of corruption suspicions for several years, culminating in the indictment of 14 employees by the FBI in May. Neither Mr Blatter nor FIFA's Secretary General Jerome Valcke was amongst the 14.
Kramer Levin Litigation co-head
Mr Valcke has also hired a US lawyer, the well-known defence lawyer Barry Berke. Mr Berke is the co-chair of the litigation department at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. He is described on the Kramer Levin website as 'a nationally recognized trial lawyer who represents officers, directors, professionals and corporations in sensitive and high-profile investigations and proceedings'. The Swiss prosecutor has also explicitly stated that it might decide to interview Mr Valcke.
Source: Daily Mail, McGuireWoods and Kramer Levin
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