Our Warriors
Practice Areas:
Compliance and Regulatory. White Collar Defense. Internal Investigations. Privacy & Cybersecurity. Export Controls & Sanctions. Antitrust. Government Contracting. International.
Client Sectors:
Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship. Life Sciences. Pharmaceutical. Medical Devices. Laboratory Equipment & Services. Semiconductor & Optical Technology. Software & Cybersecurity. Consumer Products.
Daniel Freed is managing partner of FROST LLP’s Silicon Valley office. He is a leader in the firm’s White Collar, Investigations, and Compliance practice, drawing on a career that has spanned entrepreneurship, white collar defense and investigations legal practice, and nearly two decades in senior in-house counsel and Chief Compliance Officer roles at global technology and life sciences companies.
Freed advises boards and executives, from GCs to CFOs and CEOs, on matters ranging from internal investigations and independent reviews to compliance programs aimed at mitigating critical issues facing national or multinational corporations. As SVP, Chief Compliance Officer at HOYA Corporation, a Japanese technology and medical device conglomerate with a global presence, he was responsible for building and operating a comprehensive compliance function across HOYA’s 12 operating divisions. Because of his experience with HOYA, along with nearly a decade as Chief Compliance Officer of Agilent Technologies, Freed is well-versed in compliance issues faced by life sciences, medical device, optics, pharmaceutical, and technology companies. In the first of his in-house roles, he spent more than two years building the first international compliance program at global pharmaceutical company Allergan.
Freed has handled white collar matters and conducted investigations in more than 15 countries. He began his legal career in the White Collar Defense & Investigations group at Latham & Watkins, where he conducted high-stakes investigations in China, Japan, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Singapore. He was involved in investigating and resolving matters during some of the early enforcement activity of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and managed numerous matters brought under the Federal False Claims Act (FFCA), along with a wide range of domestic and international laws and regulations impacting his clients. Freed has also successfully negotiated and executed deferred prosecution agreements, and has obtained multiple declinations from the DOJ, SEC, and OFAC on behalf of his clients.
Now rooted in Silicon Valley, Freed has distinctive experience and language skills developed over years spent working in Asia, including speaking fluent Japanese. After earning his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University, he lived and worked in commercial roles and as an entrepreneur in Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. He later earned his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School. Freed is licensed to practice law in California, and he is admitted to both the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
On his own time, Freed enjoys spending time with his three children, coaching youth sports, and playing golf. He is the Executive Director of the Kari Harada Freed Foundation, an organization established on behalf of his late wife, formed to benefit cancer research and advancement of patient care.