Webcast: Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance in 2020 and Beyond

Webcasts  |  June 24, 2020

Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and sanctions compliance and enforcement have become leading issues for companies across the full spectrum of the world’s economy. Join Gibson Dunn partners as they discuss significant trends, emerging issues, and areas of risk in this dynamic, constantly evolving space.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Regulatory and Enforcement Trends in AML/BSA and Sanctions Examinations and Enforcement
  • Key Developments in AML Enforcement and Developments in Core Sanctions Programs
  • What To Expect in 2020 and Beyond

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PANELISTS:

Stephanie L. Brooker is co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Financial Institutions Practice Group. She is former Director of the Enforcement Division at the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Ms. Brooker is also a former DOJ prosecutor, serving as a trial attorney for several years and Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Ms. Brooker has been named a National Law Journal White Collar Trailblazer and a Global Investigations Review Top 100 Women in Investigations. Ms. Brooker’s practice involves a wide range of white collar matters, including representing financial institutions, multi-national companies, and individuals in connection with criminal, regulatory, and civil enforcement actions involving sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering (AML)/Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), securities, tax, and wire fraud, “me-too” matters, employment matters, and other sensitive matters. Ms. Brooker’s practice also includes compliance counseling, deal due diligence, and significant criminal and civil asset forfeiture matters.

Kendall Day, a partner in Washington, D.C., was a white collar prosecutor for 15 years, eventually rising to become an Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, the highest level of career official in the Criminal Division at DOJ. He represents financial institutions, multi-national companies, and individuals in connection with criminal, regulatory, and civil enforcement actions involving anti-money laundering (AML)/Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), sanctions, FCPA and other anti-corruption, securities, tax, wire and mail fraud, unlicensed money transmitter, false claims act, and sensitive employee matters. Mr. Day’s practice also includes BSA/AML compliance counseling and due diligence, and the defense of forfeiture matters.

Adam M. Smith, a partner in Washington, D.C., was the Senior Advisor to the Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s OFAC and the Director for Multilateral Affairs on the National Security Council. His practice focuses on international trade compliance and white collar investigations, including with respect to federal and state economic sanctions enforcement, the FCPA, embargoes, and export controls. He routinely advises multi-national corporations regarding regulatory aspects of international business. Mr. Smith is ranked by Chambers and Partners and was named by Global Investigations Review as a leading sanctions practitioner.

F. Joseph Warin is co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s global White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group, and chair of the Washington, D.C. office’s nearly 200-person Litigation Department. Mr. Warin’s group is repeatedly recognized by Global Investigations Review as the leading global investigations law firm in the world. Mr. Warin is a former Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C.  He is ranked annually in the top-tier by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Chambers Latin America for his FCPA, fraud and corporate investigations expertise.  Among numerous accolades, he has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a U.S. White Collar Crime Litigation “Star” for ten consecutive years (2011-2020).