Andris Ivanovs

Andris is a white-collar crime and international regulatory compliance lawyer who advises financial institutions, corporations, and senior executives on regulatory and internal investigations and financial crime compliance matters. He regularly advises clients on government-initiated and internal multi-jurisdictional investigations into allegations of bribery, corruption, money laundering, fraud, violations of sanctions or export controls, and other sensitive matters. Andris has experience in acting for clients facing investigations and proceedings brought by UK, U.S. and European enforcement or regulatory authorities.

In addition, Andris regularly counsels clients on proactive compliance and risk management under UK, EU, and U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and sanctions and export control laws, including in the context of cross-border transactions and business agreements. He has advised clients operating in the banking, private equity, defense, pharma, energy and other industries on developing and implementing best-practice anti-corruption, sanctions and export control, and anti-money laundering compliance programs.

Andris has previously been seconded to the legal team of a UK-based multinational bank. During his secondment, Andris advised stakeholders across the retail, corporate, and investment banking divisions of the bank on a range of contentious and non-contentious financial crime issues.