Clifford Chance announces the return of regulatory and white collar enforcement defense attorney Tomislav Joksimovic to its U.S. litigation team as counsel. A native German speaker, Tom joins a deep and experienced team in multi-jurisdictional cross border investigation matters.
Joksimovic brings years of experience, including as Global Head of Litigation and Investigations for global private banking group EFG Bank, advising financial institutions and corporates in criminal, regulatory, and congressional investigations involving allegations of money laundering, corruption, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) violations, tax fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, and other corporate misconduct.
U.S. Litigation & Dispute Resolution leader and Co-head of the Firm's Global Risk Team David DiBari says, "We're delighted to welcome Tom back to the firm – he is well known to our team and we are sure our clients will benefit from his extensive experience in cross-border investigations and enforcement defense."
Joksimovic, who joins from Quinn Emanuel, comments, “I am very excited to return to the firm where I started my career. Clifford Chance’s tremendous depth of expertise, global reach, and client service culture offer the best platform for my international practice, and especially in Europe. It's great to reunite with such an exceptional group of lawyers here in the U.S. and across the world."
Tom joins following the May 2020 promotion of L&DR partner John Friel, the May 2019 promotion of Michelle Williams, and the recent lateral hires of Peter Mucchetti (March 2020) and Celeste Koeleveld (2019). The firm is known for advising on some of the highest-profile matters in the market; in March 2020, delivering its Report on an extensive anti-money laundering and OFAC sanctions investigation into major Swedish bank Swedbank AB (publ) to the Swedbank Board of Directors. The firm also successfully argued United States v. Hoskins in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, obtaining a landmark ruling limiting the scope of the FCPA as it relates to foreign nationals and corporations.