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Nicolas Bourtin is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell's Criminal Defense and Investigations Group and Litigation Group. His practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense and internal investigations, class action defense, and securities and complex civil litigation. Mr. Bourtin has represented individuals, corporations, and financial institutions in matters involving: subprime securities the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act tax fraud banking money laundering OFAC sanctions insider trading obstruction of justice antitrust mergers and acquisitions securities and commodities trading employment Mr. Bourtin has conducted numerous jury trials and has argued frequently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He currently represents a number of financial institutions under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also represents individuals in a Department of Justice tax shelter investigation and is defending a European engineering firm under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, and foreign prosecutors' offices for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In addition, Mr. Bourtin represented a New York Stock Exchange specialist firm in regulatory and criminal investigations of the firm's trading practices and continues to represent the firm in related private securities class actions. He has defended against numerous securities and antitrust class actions and has represented employers in employment-related arbitrations and lawsuits in New York State court. He has extensive experience representing clients located outside of the United States in defending against cross-border enforcement investigations. Mr. Bourtin also serves, on a pro bono basis, on the Criminal Justice Act panel for the Eastern District of New York, representing indigent defendants in federal criminal proceedings. Government Service Mr. Bourtin served for four years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where he was involved in investigations, prosecutions, and trials involving fraud, corruption, money laundering, and other white collar offenses. In addition, Mr. Bourtin successfully prosecuted the bosses and senior leadership of three of the five New York City-based Italian mafia families for crimes such as murder, racketeering, extortion, money laundering, loansharking, and narcotics trafficking. In total, Mr. Bourtin convicted over 75 members and associates of La Cosa Nostra and was involved in several historic prosecutions, including the first death penalty-eligible murder indictments of Italian mafia bosses in modern history. Mr. Bourtin also coordinated the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office s cooperation with the Italian government on matters involving organized crime and led several successful collaborative efforts with the Italian Ministry of Justice, National Police, Carabinieri, and Guardia di Finanza. Public Service and Professional Activities Criminal Justice Act Panel, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Criminal Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association Eastern District Association | 