Sullivan & Cromwell Opens National Security Wing

Sullivan & Cromwell last week announced that it's creating a national security practice focusing on economic sanctions, anti-money laundering laws, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, foreign investment regulations, export controls and import restrictions.

Five partners will serve as co-heads of the practice group: Sharon Cohen Levin, former head of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's money laundering and asset forfeiture unit; Nicole Friedlander, former SDNY chief of the complex frauds and cybercrime unit; Anthony Lewis, former deputy chief of the terrorism and export crimes section for the U.S. Attorney's Central California District Office; Eric Kadel, co-head of the firm's sanctions and financial crime groups; and Craig Jones, head of the firm's compliance efforts in London.