Connect with us

Global Banking and Finance Review is an online platform offering news, analysis, and opinion on the latest trends, developments, and innovations in the banking and finance industry worldwide. The platform covers a diverse range of topics, including banking, insurance, investment, wealth management, fintech, and regulatory issues. The website publishes news, press releases, opinion and advertorials on various financial organizations, products and services which are commissioned from various Companies, Organizations, PR agencies, Bloggers etc. These commissioned articles are commercial in nature. This is not to be considered as financial advice and should be considered only for information purposes. It does not reflect the views or opinion of our website and is not to be considered an endorsement or a recommendation. We cannot guarantee the accuracy or applicability of any information provided with respect to your individual or personal circumstances. Please seek Professional advice from a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. We link to various third-party websites, affiliate sales networks, and to our advertising partners websites. When you view or click on certain links available on our articles, our partners may compensate us for displaying the content to you or make a purchase or fill a form. This will not incur any additional charges to you. To make things simpler for you to identity or distinguish advertised or sponsored articles or links, you may consider all articles or links hosted on our site as a commercial article placement. We will not be responsible for any loss you may suffer as a result of any omission or inaccuracy on the website. .

Top Stories

IRA RAPHAELSON, FORMER SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO MAJOR CORPORATIONS, JOINS STROOCK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

IRA RAPHAELSON, FORMER SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO MAJOR CORPORATIONS, JOINS STROOCK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Mr. Raphaelson served as DOJ’s first Special Counsel for Financial Institutions Crime during Savings & Loan Crisis; an experienced trial and appellate lawyer, he also served as global general counsel for two major gaming and entertainment companies

Adding a veteran trial-appellate attorney who has served in the highest echelons of corporate suites and government, Stroock announced the arrival of Ira Raphaelson as a senior counsel in the firm’s Washington office.

Mr. Raphaelson brings an exceptional combination of public and private sector experience to his new position. A longtime federal prosecutor, he served as a Justice Department special counsel during the administration of George H.W. Bush. In recent years, he served as global General Counsel for two leading publicly-held gaming and entertainment companies – Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Scientific Games Corp. As chief legal officer for both companies, he was responsible for corporate and legal strategy, compliance, government relations and human resources.

At Stroock, Mr. Raphaelson will work across multiple practices, including the firm’s financial services, litigation, compliance, regulatory and corporate groups. He is expected to provide strategic legal counsel to public companies on corporate governance, business development, regulatory and litigation issues, as well as multi-forum investigations/litigation and crisis avoidance/management matters.

“It isn’t often you have a chance to add someone with the gravitas of Ira Raphaelson.  He brings to our firm an extraordinary background as a former top enforcement official and a global GC,” said Jeff Keitelman, Stroock’s Co-Managing Partner. “Ira has been at the center of some of the largest federal regulatory investigations on record, and has crafted innovative compliance programs that successfully closed out numerous wide-ranging government actions.”

Mr. Keitelman added, “With decades of government and C-suite experience, Ira brings proven insight into the legal challenges facing national and international companies today. We are extremely fortunate to have him on board.”

After beginning his career in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Chicago, Mr. Raphaelson earned the notice of financial regulators during the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated him to be the first presidentially-appointed Special Counsel for Financial Institutions Crime within the Department of Justice. Reporting monthly to Congress, which had created the position, he was responsible for overseeing criminal investigations of banks and other financial firms in the aftermath of the S&L crisis. In a highlight action, Mr. Raphaelson helped secure the guilty plea of Bank of Credit & Commerce International (BCCI), the murky overseas institution whose epic corruption resulted in a then-record forfeiture and taxpayer-funded bailout of a number of U.S. banks.

Mr. Raphaelson has also been in private practice with a pair of first-tier law firms, representing public and private companies, executives and public officials, often in multi-forum matters.

“I am delighted to join Stroock’s stellar litigation and compliance team. The firm has achieved outstanding trial success, led numerous high-profile investigations and has a first-rank bench of government regulatory attorneys,” Mr. Raphaelson said. “It’s a particular honor to count many former public officials as new colleagues, including former federal judge Shira Scheindlin, former New York Attorney General Robert Abrams, former Assistant Director and Deputy General Counsel at the CFPB, Quyen Truong, as well as former Treasury Department counsel Anne Salladin.”

In addition to his practice, Mr. Raphaelson is an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he teaches courses on entering business markets outside the U.S.

Mr. Raphaelson received his J.D. and his B.A. from Northwestern University.

Stroock provides strategic transactional, regulatory and litigation advice to advance the business objectives of leading financial institutions, multinational corporations and entrepreneurial businesses in the U.S. and globally.  With a rich history dating back 140 years, the firm has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, D.C. For more, visit www.stroock.com.

Global Banking & Finance Review

 

Why waste money on news and opinions when you can access them for free?

Take advantage of our newsletter subscription and stay informed on the go!


By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Global Banking & Finance Review │ Banking │ Finance │ Technology. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact

Recent Post