Insights

Washington – Feb. 11, 2025: Crowell & Moring’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Group has added two seasoned in-house counsel to their leading privacy team. Rita Heimes, former general counsel for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and Justin B. Weiss, former associate general counsel for global technology investor Naspers, join the firm as senior counsel in Washington, D.C. Weiss will also serve as senior director at Crowell Global Advisors.

Washington, DC - Jan. 21, 2025 - Today, Crowell Global Advisors (CGA) announced that Dr. Monica Gorman, a senior White House official under former President Joe Biden, has joined CGA as a managing director. Gorman brings over 20 years of policy and executive management experience across public and commercial supply chains, international trade, compliance, and sustainability.

 

Singapore – June 1, 2023: Crowell & Moring International is joining forces with Roche, TogetHER for Health, CAPED and Jhpiego to raise awareness about the surge of breast and cervical cancer cases in the Asia-Pacific region by founding the Asia-Pacific Women’s Cancer Coalition.

Washington – May 4, 2023: Washingtonian has named Ambassador Robert Holleyman and Tyler O’Connor to its annual edition of the 500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy in Washington D.C. The list highlights “smart, innovative Washingtonians who care about issues and spend a lot of time thinking about them.”

Washington – April 24, 2023: Crowell & Moring International is expanding its capabilities focused on global health systems innovation and health financing with a team of three senior health policy professionals.

Washington – August 6, 2021: Himamauli Das, senior advisor at Crowell & Moring International, LLC, has been named acting director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the anti-money-laundering unit of the U.S. Treasury Department. Das assumes the role at a time when FinCEN is moving to implement provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which became law in January of 2021 and makes the most sweeping changes to U.S. anti-money laundering laws since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001.

Washington, D.C. – May 13, 2020: Kate Beale is joining Crowell & Moring and Crowell & Moring International LLC (CMI), bringing more than two decades of U.S. and international experience leading global health, international trade, investment, and economic policy in Congress, the Obama-Biden administration, foreign markets, and in C-suites across Global Fortune 500 companies.

Washington – August 6, 2020: Dj Wolff, a partner in Crowell & Moring LLP’s International Trade Group, has been named to Law360’s 2020 list of “Rising Stars” in the International Trade category. The award series recognizes lawyers under the age 40 who have made outstanding career accomplishments in their respective practice areas.

Los Angeles – January 13, 2020: Nicole Simonian, co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s International Trade practice and Head of International Employment/Global Mobility was elected to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. 

Washington – December 6, 2019: Crowell & Moring has been named as one of Latin America’s Top Law Firms of 2020 by Latinvex, a leading publisher of business and legal news about the region. Overall, the firm is listed among the top 50 global firms ranked for their legal work in Latin America. The firm ranked second in the publication’s Trade category, seventh in Aviation, ninth in FCPA & Fraud, and 14th in Corporate/M&A. Latinvex also named Crowell & Moring partner Ian Laird as one of Latin America’s “Top 100 Lawyers” earlier this year.

Washington – July 26, 2019: The National Law Journal has named David (Dj) Wolff to its list of “2019 D.C. Rising Stars.” The award honors attorneys in the D.C. area who are “innovators, developing unique practice niches, amassing robust books of business, demonstrating strong leadership qualities, showing expertise in litigation or transactional work, and committing themselves to pro bono, charitable, and professional volunteer work.”

Los Angeles – March 11, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is broadening its ability to help multinational clients navigate global expansion and regulatory compliance in China and the Asia Pacific by adding four international trade and global employment lawyers: partners Nicole J. Simonian and Evan Yee-Fan Chuck, senior counsel Robert Clifton Burns, and counsel Jackson Pai to its Los Angeles and Washington offices. As part of this move, Crowell & Moring International (CMI), the firm’s global policy and regulatory affairs consulting affiliate, is launching an office in Shanghai with seven trade, transactions, and tax professionals to support global businesses facing cross-border transactional, investigative, policy, and regulatory needs.

Washington – September 5, 2017: Crowell & Moring LLP is the #2 international law firm in trade serving Latin America, according to Latinvex, a leading publisher of business and legal news about the region. The firm is ranked #10 in the FCPA & Fraud category, as well as #29 in Arbitration. Overall, Crowell & Moring is #57 among the 70 global firms for their legal work in Latin America.

Washington, D.C. – January 19, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the publication of its fourth annual "Litigation Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year," and its second annual "Regulatory Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year."

Washington, D.C. – January 12, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that both its Government Contracts and International Trade groups have been named to Law360's "Practice Groups of the Year" list for 2015. The annual awards recognize firms that came through for clients by sealing the biggest deals and securing wins in high-stakes litigation. This is the sixth consecutive year that the Government Contracts Group has been named to the list.

Washington, D.C. – October 16, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP has been named to Latinvex's list of top 15 arbitration law firms serving Latin America.