Compliance lawyers

Sascha Herms

Partner

Raue

Satish Kini

Mr. Kini advises on a wide range of regulatory and transactional issues. For example, he has: represented large financial services firms in transactional matters, including to secure regulatory approvals for transactions from U.S. federal and state bank regulatory agencies and to develop compliance frameworks for various business combinations; counseled banks, securities firms, insurers and asset managers in a broad range of regulatory and compliance issues, ranging from the Volcker Rule to affiliate transactions, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and data privacy/security; represented clients in adversarial proceedings before the federal bank regulatory agencies and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), including in investigations, enforcement proceedings and adverse examination contexts; and advised clients on regulatory and compliance issues arising out of cross-border transactions and outsourcing arrangements, including with respect to sanctions and money laundering issues. In the context of these matters, Mr. Kini has led internal fact investigations of clients (involving allegations of data breaches/fraud, money laundering and sanctions compliance issues) and advised clients on compliance governance and structuring. He also has briefed senior business decision-makers and boards of directors, based in the United States and abroad, on important regulatory, enforcement and investigations matters. Mr. Kini has represented a wide range of firms (including banks, securities broker-dealers, insurers and asset managers) and leading industry trade associations on regulatory reform issues, including those arising out of the Dodd-Frank Act, and has assisted clients to participate in the policymaking process before federal regulators. He has helped to create industry coalitions to advocate for regulatory positions and to arrive at consensus interpretations on difficult issues. He also has testified on Dodd-Frank issues before Congress and has represented clients on Dodd-Frank and other matters before the federal banking agencies, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the U.S. Treasury Department and its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Satoshi Mogi

Partner / M&A, Restructuring and reorganisation

PwC Legal Japan

Saymi Lahoz Lahoz

Partner

Dhoz Abogados

Scott Ashby

Scott Ashby is a Partner and expert in professional liability, regulation and insurance of solicitors and accountants. Scott has a wealth of experience in defending a wide variety of claims and regulatory complaints against lawyers and accountants. He has acted for major national and international firms including a number of Top 200 UK law firms and small and medium sized professional services businesses and sole practitioners. Scott's experience spans defending multi-million-pound claims in the High Court and the Court of Appeal to lower value County Court proceedings as well as complaints to Ombudsman services such as the Legal Ombudsman. He is experienced in all forms of ADR, including mediation. Scott frequently advises on regulatory and compliance matters and has defended professional clients subject to interventions, investigations and formal disciplinary proceedings brought by their regulators including the SRA and the ICAEW. Scott is an expert in professional indemnity insurance and is frequently instructed to advise on policy coverage disputes.

RPC

Scott Bell

Scott is a Partner and Head of JMW’s Commercial Road Transport Team. Scott specialises in the operation of commercial vehicles subject to operator licensing which includes representation at Public Inquiries & Driver Conduct hearings before a Traffic Commissioner. Operator licence applications arising from mergers & acquisitions or insolvency and finally DVSA, Police and other enforcement body investigations into commercial vehicle operators. Scott acts across the HGV, Coach and Bus sectors with client’s ranging from large multinational corporates to SME transport and logistic providers. Scott further provides proactive consultancy, training and auditing to businesses to ensure that their obligations for road safety are met.

JMW Solicitors LLP

Scott Heimberg

Scott Heimberg advises on federal contract formation and administration issues, contract disputes litigation, including litigation of construction claims, mergers and acquisitions, facility security clearances, government investigations and compliance counseling. He frequently represents technology and start-up companies seeking to identify potential government markets and evaluate the benefits and liabilities associated with selling to the government. In addition, he counsels clients on issues of fraud, waste and abuse, including suspension and debarment matters. Scott has successfully defended Fortune 500 technology and health care companies, as well as construction companies, against civil False Claims Act actions. He also regularly represents government contractors involved in transactions with foreign entities, advising on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process, and obtaining and maintaining security clearances. To learn more about Scott, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/scott-m-heimberg.html

Akin

Sean Wu

Sean Wu advises global and Chinese companies on investigations and disputes. Sean helps clients navigate issues related to fraud, securities fraud, professional standards, FCPA, anti-corruption / anti-bribery, sanctions, and other trade compliance matters in China. Specifically he helps clients with: Internal and government investigations Compliance due diligence Compliance programs and training He also advises clients on litigation in China and in global jurisdictions with cross-border elements involving foreign parties. Sean is both US and PRC trained and fluent in both English and Mandarin. He helps clients bridge the gap between the two judicial systems and provides insight into cross-border, cross-cultural issues. Sean draws on experience advising clients in a range of industries, including online commence, data and technology, finance, professional services, pharmaceutical, medical, biochemical, automobile, manufacturing, shipping, and consulting. Prior to private practice, Sean interned in Chinese courts, including the PRC Supreme People’s Court.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Sebastian Briggs

Sebastian is a partner specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, financing and joint ventures. He has particular expertise in the energy sector. He has acted on transactions for the sale, purchase, financing or investment in more than 75 renewable energy projects with a combined capacity in excess of 5GW, including RWE Npower’s groundbreaking Zephyr transaction. His experience includes onshore and offshore wind, biomass, wave and tidal, waste to energy, geothermal, combined heat and power, solar and energy storage projects. In addition to his transactional experience, Sebastian advises corporate clients on governance and other risk and compliance related matters. He regularly presents seminars on these subjects.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Sebastian Guțiu

office managing partner

Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA

Sebastian Janka

Dr Sebastian Janka advises national and international clients on European and German antitrust law. His advisory services cover inter alia M&A/transactions (merger control by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office and coordination of multijurisdictional filings), antitrust investigations and fine proceedings conducted by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, damages proceedings, and other judicial and extra-judicial disputes (before German courts, the European General Court, and the European Court of Justice), and compliance advice. Another focus of his work is digital business models. Sebastian Janka has been appointed member of the Legal (Antitrust) Working Group of “Plattform Industrie 4.0”, a digitisation project initiated and directed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), leading industry associations, and top-ranking representatives of the business and scientific communities and trade unions.

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Sebastian Mai

DLA Piper

Sebastian Sayer

Partner

Fox Williams LLP

Seishi Ikeda

Partner

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Selina Lee-Andersen

Partner in the firm’s Vancouver Business Law Group. Specializes in environmental law, corporate/commercial law, regulatory law, compliance, and Aboriginal law issues across sectors. Areas of specialization include environmental assessment and permitting, contaminated sites, environmental management systems, fuel standards, product stewardship, product and food safety, and partnering with Indigenous groups. Expertise in climate change law and advising clients on matters relating to carbon pricing, emissions trading, offset systems, compliance, and carbon disclosure. Regularly advises non-profit organizations on regulatory and commercial aspects of managing plastic waste in the ocean.

McCarthy Tétrault

Selma Fetahović - Zeljković

Partner

bh.legal

Seong Yeon An

Partner

DR & AJU LLC

Sera Erzene Yildiz

Counsel

ACTECON

Sergio Herra Rodríguez

Aguilar Castillo Love

Sergio Sorinas

Partner, Paris

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Sertaç Kocahal

Senior Managing Associate

Pelister Keki Sarac & Co

Seth Lundy

Partner

King & Spalding

Seung Jae Moon

Partner

DR & AJU LLC

Seung Ryong Yoo

Partner

Yoon & Yang LLC