King & Wood Mallesons has boosted its U.S. disputes capabilities with the hire of Aaron Wolfson as a partner in New York from Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss.
With 15 years of experience in both public and private sectors, Wolfson is expected to complement KWM’s current offerings in cross-border work and will spearhead the firm’s U.S. practice in areas such as dispute resolution, litigation, and financial crimes compliance.
At Lewis Baach, Wolfson was a counsel in the News York office, specializing in financial crimes. He has represented clients in state and federal court in white collar defense and civil litigation matters, and also represented clients in front of both regulatory and criminal justice agencies such as OFAC, FinCEN, and the SEC.
Wolfson started in the Trial Division at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as an assistant district attorney in September 2003. In 2007, he joined the Investigation Division and was assigned to work on the office's investigations into the handling of wire transfers from sanctioned countries and entities by overseas banks.
He was the lead attorney on numerous investigations and prosecutions of global financial institutions, including Lloyds TSB, Credit Suisse, Barclays, ING, and Standard Chartered, for violations of U.S. sanctions laws.
Wolfson then moved to JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he held multiple senior positions in the bank’s Anti-Money Laundering and Global Sanctions programmes. Among them, he served as JP Morgan’s Suspicious Activity Reporting Control Officer, overseeing the firm’s Global Suspicious Activity Reporting programme.
前美国联邦检察官加入金杜纽约办公室
金杜律师事务所纽约办公室迎来争议解决合伙人Aaron Wolfson的加入，进一步拓宽金杜在美国的执业领域并提升团队实力。Aaron Wolfson曾在Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss律师事务所任职。
Wolfson拥有超过15年的实践经验，将为金杜带来能够连接美国公共机构和商业客户的业务经验。他将牵头负责金杜在美国的争议解决、诉讼和金融犯罪合规领域的业务，同时完善金杜在美国跨境业务的执业能力。
在Lewis Baach执业期间，Wolfson担任纽约办公室顾问，业务领域主要为金融犯罪。Wolfson曾在州法院和联邦法院审理的案件中代理一系列白领犯罪和民事诉讼案件，也曾代表客户与监管机构和刑事司法机构处理法律事务，这些机构包括美国外国资产控制办公室、金融犯罪执法局及证监会等。
2003年9月，Wolfson在曼哈顿地区检察官办公室审判部开始了职业生涯，担任地区检察官助理。2007年转至调查部，负责调查受制裁国家和实体从海外银行电汇的处理情况。
担任前检察官期间，Wolfson主导了大量针对全球金融机构违反美国制裁法行为的调查和起诉，其中涉及劳埃德银行、瑞士信贷、巴克莱、荷兰国际集团和渣打银行等。
之后，Wolfson加入摩根大通，在该行反洗钱及全球制裁项目中担任多个高级职位，其中含：摩根大通可疑活动报告监控官，负责摩根全球的可疑活动报告项目。
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