Robert T. Dura

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Robert Dura is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group. His practice focuses on the compliance, regulatory and transactional issues faced ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial businesses of Roper Technologies, which operates market-leading businesses that design and develop vertical software and application-specific products, in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion.
- DoubleVerify, a Providence Equity Partners portfolio company and a leading software platform for digital media measurement and analytics, in its acquisition of OpenSlate, a content-focused measurement and analytics company.
- Ant Group in its agreement to form joint ventures with Mail.ru Group, USM, MegaFon, and RDIF in payments and financial services.
- Alibaba in the joint venture of its AliExpress business in Russia with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, MegaFon and Mail.ru, aimed at integrating Russia’s key consumer internet and e-commerce platforms.
- Capital Group in its acquisition of an equity stake in Intas Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in India, from ChrysCapital, an India-focused private equity firm.

Education

University of Oxford, 2013, M.Sc
Georgetown University Law Center, 2012, J.D.
Georgetown University, 2007, M.A.
Columbia University, 2004, B.A.

Robert Dura is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group. His practice focuses on the compliance, regulatory and transactional issues faced by firms in the global finance industry.Mr. Dura regularly counsels domestic and foreign clients—banking institutions, non-bank lenders, asset managers, insurance companies, other financial services firms and industry associations—on the regulations and guidance of the federal financial regulators, particularly the banking agencies, and assists in the development and implementation of effective compliance solutions.He also advises clients on issues related to financial regulatory reform, assisting in their participation in the rule-making process and outreach to domestic regulatory authorities and international standard-setting bodies.Mr. Dura is especially active in the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Economic Sanctions practices. He counsels domestic and foreign firms on their AML and sanctions compliance obligations, including under the regulations administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Mr. Dura regularly supports the firm’s Private Equity, M&A, Finance and White Collar Defense practices in transactional and enforcement matters involving AML or sanctions-related issues.Mr. Dura's recent articles include “Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses SEC Guidance on Ukraine Disclosure Obligations,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (May, 2022); “FinCEN Issues Advisory on Kleptocracy and Foreign Public Corruption,” NYU Compliance & Enforcement (April, 2022); “Debevoise Discusses Russia, Sanctions, and Digital Assets,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (March, 2022); “Trade sanctions for financial institutions: Beyond OFSI and OFAC,” Financial Institutions Sanctions Compliance (May, 2021); “Enforcement Scrutiny Falling on Individuals,” The National Law Journal (May, 2015), “Russian Sanctions: Six Things Every GP Should Know,” Private Funds Management (December, 2014); and “United States Expands Sanctions on Russia,” Pratt’s Energy Law Report (Lexis/Nexis) (October, 2014). He also contributes regularly to the firm’s Client Updates and bi-monthly Sanctions Alert.Mr. Dura received an M.Sc. (with distinction) in Law and Finance from Oxford University, a J.D. from Georgetown Law Center, where he was a Dean’s Scholar and Global Law Scholar, an M.A. from Georgetown’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at the Graduate School of Foreign Service and a B.A. from Columbia University, where he was a John W. Kluge Scholar.Mr. Dura is a member of the District of Columbia and New York Bars.Robert Dura是德普律师事务所金融机构团队的一员。他的执业领域侧重于全球金融行业中的公司所面临的合规、监管和交易问题。Dura律师时常就联邦金融监管机构（特别是银行监管机构）的监管和监管指引为国内外客户（银行机构、非银行贷款人、资产管理公司、保险公司、其他金融服务公司和行业协会）提供咨询，并协助制定和实施有效的合规解决方案。他还就与金融监管改革有关的问题向客户提供咨询意见，协助客户参与制定规则，以及与国内监管当局和国际标准制定机构进行沟通。Dura律师在本所的反洗钱和经济制裁执业领域尤其活跃。他就反洗钱和制裁合规义务为国内外企业提供咨询，包括美国财政部金融犯罪执法网络（FinCEN）和外国资产控制办公室（OFAC）管理的法规所规定的义务。Dura律师时常为本所涉及反洗钱或制裁相关问题的私募股权、并购、金融和公司犯罪辩护领域的交易和执法事宜提供支持。Dura律师近期发表的文章包括：“金融机构贸易制裁：超越“金融制裁执行办公室（OFSI）和外国资产控制办公室（OFAC）”，《金融机构制裁合规》（2021年5月）；执法审查权属于个人”，《国家法律杂志》（2015年5月）；“俄罗斯制裁：每位普通合伙人都应该知道的六件事”，《私募基金管理》（2014年12月）；以及“美国扩大对俄罗斯的制裁”，《普拉特能源法报告》（2014年10月）。他还定期为本所的“客户更新”和“双月制裁警报”撰稿。Dura律师于牛津大学获得法律和金融专业硕士学位（荣誉毕业）；于乔治城大学法律中心获得法学博士学位（同时是院长学者和全球法律学者）；于乔治城大学欧亚、俄罗斯和东欧研究中心的外交学院研究生院获得文学硕士学位；以及于哥伦比亚大学获得文学学士学位（同时是约翰·克鲁格学者）。Dura律师是哥伦比亚特区和纽约律师协会的会员。