Experience

  • Foreign Corruption and National Security

    • Lafarge, a multinational industrial manufacturer, in a criminal resolution with DOJ for providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations in Syria.
    • Trafigura, a multinational commodity trading company, in an FCPA resolution with DOJ related to conduct in Brazil.
    • A public U.S. company and an individual employee in a criminal FCPA investigation by DOJ and a parallel SEC investigation.
    • A major consulting firm in an SDNY national security investigation.
    • An oil company executive in a criminal FCPA investigation, resulting in DOJ agreeing not to bring any charges against client.
    • A Fortune 500 tech company in an SEC-led FCPA investigation into conduct in Russia resulting in a complete declination.
    • The president of a Brazilian foundation in a DOJ criminal money laundering, fraud, and corruption investigation.
  • Fraud and Financial Crime

    • The former head trader at Archegos Capital Management in investigations and charges by SDNY, the SEC, and the CFTC.
    • A leading private equity firm in SEC and DOJ investigations concerning employees’ personal investments.
    • A Swiss financial institution in multiple DOJ criminal and civil enforcement matters.
    • A private equity firm in DOJ and SEC investigations regarding the provision of investment services to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
    • A venture capital firm in relation to DOJ’s investigation of FTX and prosecution of Sam Bankman-Fried and others.
    • A bank executive in a DOJ criminal wire fraud prosecution.
    • A hospitality company in a DOJ criminal investigation into tax violations.
    • A non-profit organization and its Board in a DOJ criminal bribery investigation.
    • The CEO and another top executive of a public company in a DOJ criminal investigation.
    • Former Board members of a pharmaceutical company in a DOJ criminal investigation.
  • Cryptocurrency

    • Robinhood Crypto in an SEC investigation into the potential sale of unregistered securities on its platform that resulted in the SEC closing its investigation.
    • Ripple in a ruling against the SEC in the SDNY holding that Ripple’s digital token XRP is not a security or “investment contract” in many circumstances.
    • Uniswap Labs in an investigation by the SEC into the legal and regulatory status of the platform and an associated crypto token that resulted in the SEC closing its investigation.
    • A crypto trading platform in an investigation by the California Attorney General into its operations and disclosures.
  • Internal Investigations

    • A special committee of the Board of a public company in reviewing and advising on a sensitive matter.
    • A professional sports league in a confidential investigation of a team’s compliance with league rules.

Education

  • Cornell Law School, 2008, J.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania, 2005, B.A.