About Speaker

Claiborne (Clay) W. Porter is Head of Investigations and a Managing Director in the Global Investigations & Compliance practice at Navigant. Through his supervisory roles and as a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice's ("DOJ") Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section ("MLARS"), Clay gained extensive experience managing complex, international, and domestic financial investigations in matters relating to money laundering, the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA")/AML laws and regulations, U.S. economic sanctions, and anti-corruption/anti-bribery laws. Prior to joining Navigant, Clay held several senior positions in MLARS. As the Acting Principal Deputy Chief of MLARS, Clay supervised the work of approximately 150 attorneys and staff in connection with the various litigating, policy, and forfeiture program management units within MLARS. Additionally, he was part of the supervisory team that led the government's efforts to trace, find, and forfeit the proceeds of high-level foreign corruption and prosecute the companies and individuals who launder corruption proceeds. Clay also assisted DOJ and interagency policymakers in developing legislative, regulatory, and policy initiatives to combat global illicit finance, in addition to supervising the DOJ's efforts to find and return forfeited criminal proceeds to victims of crime. As Chief of the Bank Integrity Unit, Clay supervised the attorneys who were leading the Department's efforts to investigate and prosecute companies and their employees who violate the BSA and U.S. economic sanctions laws and regulations, as well as companies and individuals who launder the proceeds of bribery and corruption. Additionally, Clay interacted daily with US and foreign law enforcement, bank regulators, OFAC, and FinCEN. Prior to his federal government service, Clay was an associate with two international law firms in New York City and an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, where he prosecuted violent crime.