Anti-money laundering & economic sanctions services

Our investigative services are results driven and tailored to individual needs. Our deep industry and regulatory experience allow us to create practical and creative approaches to complex global and domestic financial crimes investigations. When key stakeholders need to know the facts fast, we respond quickly to minimize reputational damage and avoid harming the bottom line. We routinely conduct a variety of investigations in the U.S. and abroad involving potential violations of OFAC/economic sanctions, AML laws and regulations, anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, securities statutes, and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) rules.

We work with business leaders to build effective compliance strategies that meet regulatory expectations, are scalable, actionable and deliver results. We don’t just provide strategy consulting – we provide counsel that helps executive leaders to horizon scan for future regulatory requirements.

Highly regulated financial institutions face a myriad of challenges in the AML/OFAC/economic sanctions space. Adequately addressing those challenges is necessity. We routinely work with various financial institutions, and their outside counsel on developing and enhancing AML/OFAC/economic sanctions programs and internal controls structure. We facilitate compliance with the letter and spirit of the law and make solutions scalable.

Sometimes when things go wrong, significant remediation is necessary. Our teams have the necessary experience, supported by cutting edge-technology solutions, to assist financial institutions in the U.S. and abroad with large-scale remediation projects, including AML/OFAC/economic sanctions lookbacks.

To help you identify various risks and focus scarce resources, we use highly sophisticated and customized methodologies to analyze how your customer base, products and services, and geographic footprints expose your financial institution to risk. We then work with you to develop and implement customized strategies and solutions to further mitigate risk, focus resources, and deliver results.

To help you identify various risks and focus scarce resources, we use highly sophisticated and customized methodologies to help financial institutions with robust know your customer (KYC), customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) to not only meet regulatory expectations but also enhance internal processes to create significant business value.

Financial institutions are regularly deploying de-risking strategies to manage their risk exposure in high-risk areas such as correspondent banking or security clearing. We are here to assist you in managing the AML and OFAC/economic sanctions risks various counterparties can pose. We also routinely assist foreign financial institutions in successfully maintaining their correspondent relationships without breaking the bank.

In the AML and OFAC/economic sanctions space, the only universal truth seems to be that one can never find enough qualified resources. We routinely work with various financial institutions to help them identify areas in the AML and OFAC/economic sanctions space that are better suited for partial or complete outsourcing. If a short-term need arises, we stand at the ready to support you with a “SWAT team” of resources that can parachute in and augment internal resources across various levels