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Daniel R. Alonso focuses his practice on white collar defense of corporations and individuals, internal investigations, complex civil litigation, and monitorships, with an emphasis on cross-border matters. Dan has represented public and private companies across many industries, as well as corporate executives, before the United States Department of Justice and numerous other federal and state enforcement agencies and multilateral development banks. He also advises clients on FCPA, AML, and sanctions compliance, among other areas. Dan has led numerous investigations and compliance reviews in Latin America, as well as in the United Kingdom and Asia. Dan has more than 30 years of criminal, civil, and compliance experience. He served in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York for nearly a decade, including three years as Chief of the Criminal Division, and was later the Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. In between, He was also a litigation partner at an Am Law 100 firm, and just prior to joining Orrick he served as Managing Director and General Counsel at global compliance firm Exiger. In addition to his work for clients, in private practice Dan has twice been appointed by federal judges to sensitive independent roles, including as a corporate receiver in a Ponzi scheme case centered in South America. He has also served as a corporate monitor on two occasions, as special counsel to the New York State Senate, as Chair of the New York State White Collar Crime Task Force, and as a member of the New York State Commission on Public Integrity and the New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct.