Nimi Aviad

Representative Criminal Defense and Civil Enforcement Matters

• Defended the founder and executive director of a high-performing charter school against charges of misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement, tax fraud, and conflict of interest.
• Defended an investor against criminal insider trading charges and parallel enforcement action by the SEC.
• Defended a United States naturalized citizen in denaturalization proceedings based on alleged criminal conduct.
• Defended an investment bank managing director in an enforcement action brought by the Federal Reserve alleging corruption-based violations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
• Defended a multinational geothermal energy company against allegations of False Claims Act violations.
• Represented shipping company and executives in connection with a criminal antitrust investigation of price-fixing in the Container shipping industry.
• Represented a pool of former bank employees in connection with multiple enforcement and related civil matters concerning the sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities.
• Represented a Mexican-based logistics company in connection with a cross-border smuggling investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
• Represented bank executive in connection with an SEC investigation of market manipulation related to convertible bonds issuances.
• Represented cryptocurrency exchange executive in connection with parallel DOJ, CFTC, and New York Attorney General investigations of market manipulation and misrepresentations.
• Represented executive director of a charter school in connection with a California FPPC investigation of conflict of interest violations.
• Represented leading decentralized finance (DeFi) company in various civil and regulatory matters.  
• Represented a real estate company utilizing artificial intelligence and blockchain technology as part of its business model in connection with an investigation by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
• Represented leading cryptocurrency exchange in connection with an OFAC investigation of alleged US sanctions violations.

Representative Investigation Matters

• Internal investigation in Mexico on behalf of a Mexican subsidiary of a U.S. logistics company in connection with allegations of FCPA violations.
• Internal investigation in Argentina and related self-reporting to the SEC and DOJ on behalf of a global technology company in a matter involving allegations of FCPA violations.
• Internal Investigation in Japan on behalf of global technology company in connection with allegations of accounting fraud.
• Internal investigation in the middle east on behalf of a multinational conglomerate company in connection with allegations of US sanctions violations.
• Internal investigation in the United States on behalf of a prominent DeFi company in connection with allegations of misrepresentation and fraud.