Greg Seidner

Greg Seidner advises global financial institutions, multinational corporates and companies in the fintech and digital asset sectors on matters relating to U.S. anti-money laundering and economic sanctions laws and regulations. Mr. Seidner has represented clients in complex domestic and cross-border compliance and enforcement matters, including internal investigations, voluntary disclosures and the resolution of civil and criminal proceedings involving federal and state regulatory and law enforcement agencies.

He has experience representing banks and other financial institutions in connection with regulatory examinations and frequently assists clients with the design and implementation of U.S. anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance programs. Mr. Seidner also has helped clients navigate U.S. banking and financial services regulatory requirements in the advisory context and in corporate transactions.

Select representations include:

• Société Générale in resolving long-standing investigations by U.S. federal and state prosecutors and regulatory agencies regarding the bank’s historical compliance with U.S. economic sanctions laws and regulations
• UniCredit Bank Austria in settling investigations by U.S. authorities into Bank Austria’s historical compliance with U.S. economic sanctions and other related laws
• a major global payments company on a multijurisdictional internal investigation and the submission of a voluntary disclosure regarding the company’s compliance with U.S. sanctions targeting Iran and other jurisdictions
• a Japanese multinational banking and financial services company in connection with a supervisory enforcement matter and related implications
• a European private bank in connection with an internal investigation related to compliance with U.S. sanctions laws, remediation of the bank’s compliance program and voluntary disclosures to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
• a European mobile bank and a European digital asset platform in connection with U.S. anti-money laundering requirements and other regulatory and licensing matters related to their launch in the U.S.
• a global technology company in connection with anti-money laundering compliance issues related to the development of a blockchain platform and virtual currency
• PayPal, Inc. in its $400 million acquisition of Hyperwallet Systems Inc., including with regard to U.S. financial services and anti-money laundering regulatory considerations
• BlackRock, Inc. with regard to certain compliance considerations in its:
  • $12 billion acquisition of HPS Investment Partners, LLC
  • $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners

Mr. Seidner also is active in pro bono work, and devotes significant time to representing individuals in defensive asylum proceedings and other immigration-related matters.