Financial Crime & Sanctions

CANDEY defends companies and individuals in cross-border financial crime and regulatory matters involving the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, SFO, and FCA.  Our team has particular expertise in cases involving securities fraud, foreign bribery, market manipulation, money laundering, and sanctions violations.  We also provide compliance guidance to international companies on antibribery, sanctions, and export control laws.

Representative Matters 

  • Advising a senior oil executive in Dubai with respect to charges brought by the SFO under the UK Bribery Act.

  • Representing an Uzbek telecom executive indicted by the DOJ on FCPA and money laundering charges. 

  • Advising a British oil & gas company on sanctions and export control issues.

  • Advising a British cyber security company on a comprehensive restructuring of its compliance program.

  • Representing a large financial institution in Southeast Asia with respect to sanctions and compliance issues.

  • Defending a UK national charged by DOJ with wire fraud and sanctions violations offenses.

  • Representing a cryptocurrency executive in an internal investigation into potential fraud.   

  • Representing a hedge fund advisory business in an insider trading investigation conducted by the CFTC.