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Raymond Banoun
Raymond Banoun, one of the leading business fraud litigators in the nation, is the Managing Partner of Cadwalader's Washington, D.C. office and oversees the firm’s Business Fraud practice. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers who has been named among the top 500 litigators in the country by Lawdragon, he represents corporations, financial institutions, investment firms, law firms, and individuals in all aspects of criminal investigations and litigation, both pre- and post-indictment, as well as in complex civil litigation, including class, shareholders, whistleblower, and RICO actions in federal and state courts. He has advised such entities and their boards of directors with respect to various government inquiries, in internal audits, and in the formulation of compliance programs.
Ray also has represented clients in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the anti-fraud provisions of the securities and commodities statutes, the criminal and civil False Claims Act, insurance and bankruptcy fraud, the various economic sanctions laws, violations of export control licensing requirements, technology transfer regulations, the criminal provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, criminal antitrust enforcement, health care fraud and abuse, government procurement fraud, and environmental enforcement.
In addition to representing business leaders, high-level public officials and members of Congress in cases involving corruption allegations, he has represented parties before Congressional Committees, Independent Counsel, and many administrative agencies, including the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service, the Postal Service, the various Inspectors General, and Department of Defense suspension and debarment boards.
Ray is well-versed in the money laundering laws of the United States and foreign countries, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Bank Secrecy Act and has co-authored a treatise entitled Money Laundering, Terrorism and Financial Institutions, published by The Civic Research Institute. He has conducted audits of U.S. and foreign financial institutions to ensure compliance with such laws, and devised remedial plans, policies, procedures, and forms to comply with laws and regulations in this area. He also has defended such institutions in inquiries by the Federal Reserve, state banking regulators, and federal prosecutors, and advised them with respect to foreign secrecy and confidentiality laws, the offshore regulatory environment, asset forfeiture issues, letters rogatory from foreign jurisdictions, as well as regarding international mutual assistance and tax treaty requests. His expertise in these areas extends to Switzerland, England, France, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Panama, and other European and Caribbean countries.
Prior to joining Cadwalader, Ray served for 13 years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he headed the Fraud Division, and for three years as a Special Assistant to the United States Attorney for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. He was a partner at the Washington, D.C. firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn where he chaired the Business Fraud Group. He also clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Harold H. Greene.
Ray served as Chairman of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's White Collar Crime Committee, and as Chairman of the Business Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association's Section of Business Law. He created and has chaired the American Bar Association's annual White Collar Crime National Institute, currently in its sixteenth year.
Ray has written extensively for various legal publications including, most recently: “USA PATRIOT Act Hits Brokers, Dealers,” New York Law Journal, July 8, 2002; “Corporate Self-Policing Avoids Trouble,” The National Law Journal, July 17, 2002; and “The Evolution of “Brady” Continues,” New York Law Journal, July 16, 2001 (coauthored with Deborah B. Roseman). In addition to his written accomplishments, he has spoken and organized various conferences on the enforcement of anti-fraud statues and banking and environmental laws.
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