Nida Jafrani

Associate, New York

Biography

Overview

Nida Jafrani is an associate in the Firm's Global White Collar Practice group. Nida's experience includes criminal and regulatory investigations for clients in a variety of industries, and she has particular depth working with clients in the technology sector. 

Nida has represented multinational companies in complex matters before U.S. federal enforcement agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. She has experience working on cutting-edge regulatory issues and working across a wide span of subject matters, including wire or accounting fraud, executive compensation ("perks"), sanctions laws, conflicts of interest, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Nida works closely with in-house teams to perform both proactive and reactive compliance counseling. She has served as a secondee to two American multinational technology companies, in which capacity she managed internal investigations into allegations of employee misconduct.

Prior to law school, she worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a global think tank. Nida maintains her commitment to public service through pro bono matters and volunteerism, including via a prior externship to the Legal Aid Society of New York during which she provided criminal defense services to low-income New Yorkers.

Bars and Courts
New York
Education
JD
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
BA
International Affairs
The George Washington University
Languages
English
Urdu

Experience