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David Kaufman, Jocelyn Greer, and Gerardo Gomez Galvis spoke to Law360 about Morrison Foerster’s billable credit for attorneys’ diversity, equity, and inclusion work, and partnering with the New York City Urban Debate League to provide attorneys an opportunity to volunteer as judges for a series of debate tournaments in South Bronx District 7 – one of the most financially challenged districts in the nation.

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David Kaufman, Jocelyn Greer, and Gerardo Gomez Galvis spoke to Law360 about Morrison Foerster’s billable credit for attorneys’ diversity, equity, and inclusion work, and partnering with the New York City Urban Debate League to provide attorneys an opportunity to volunteer as judges for a series of debate tournaments in South Bronx District 7 – one of the most financially challenged districts in the nation.“As a diverse lawyer, it was extremely rewarding for me to dialogue directly with a group of middle schoolers who, as is evident from our discussions, were eager to absorb everything they could from our interactions,” Jocelyn said. “Doing so not only permits us to use the DEI billable hours credit to spur on individual debaters, but also to contribute to the larger goal of diversifying the legal profession.”Read the <a href="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/assets/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt2622398b5248ed6b/6430630c884f2510c38942b8/230406-attys-make-an-impact.pdf" target="_blank">full article</a>.

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David concentrates on structured transactions involving commodities and derivatives. He also has extensive experience with mergers, acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations.David works closely with the firm’s financial institution and end-user clients in the commodity, equity, fixed income, and credit derivative markets, often assisting clients in developing and structuring products and transactions and evaluating such products and transactions under applicable securities and commodities law. In his regulatory work, David focuses on the Commodity Exchange Act and the CFTC’s regulations, including the statutory and regulatory regime resulting from Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act.David represents major commodities dealers, trading firms, and investments funds, as well as commercial end-users, in commodity-based transactions involving energy, precious and base metals, currencies, and agricultural products. His work in these areas has involved structuring and documenting trading, hedging, financing, supply and offtake, storage, processing, and tolling transactions, together with associated margin and other collateral arrangements. He also represents funds and individuals in negotiating and documenting equity derivative transactions designed to hedge and/or monetize large or illiquid share positions.David assists clients in assessing the credit and trading risks that structured commodities and derivatives transactions present. He has substantial experience structuring complex collateral and intercreditor arrangements and liquidation and setoff provisions. He further assists clients by analyzing such arrangements and provisions under the UCC, other applicable lien laws, the federal bankruptcy code, and other insolvency regimes.David speaks frequently on derivatives, commodities, and structured products issues.David previously served as a member of both the Energy Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Committee on Futures Regulation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

David H. Kaufman

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Gerardo Gomez Galvis is of counsel in the firm’s Securities Litigation, Securities Enforcement, and Investigations + White Collar Groups in the New York office who focuses on conducting internal and government-facing investigations, global compliance exercises, and related civil litigation, with particular experience in matters involving Latin America.Gerardo has deep experience representing multinational corporations, financial institutions, and business executives in investigations and white collar defense matters alleging Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, anti-money laundering violations, accounting and disclosure fraud, insider trading, manipulation of foreign exchange rates, misrepresentations and false statements, marketplace lending issues, and federal securities law violations, among other areas. He also regularly evaluates and enhances compliance programs related to the same. Gerardo’s investigations matters have included inquiries and enforcement actions led by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), state attorneys general offices, U.S. Congress, and a number of non-U.S. law enforcement agencies across Latin America, Europe, and Africa. His work on high-profile investigations and white collar defense matters has earned him recognition by Best Lawyers in the Criminal Defense: White Collar category, and he has also been named to the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s 2024 Top 40 Under 40 list and Crain’s New York Business’s 2024 Notable LGBTQ Leaders list for his significant contributions to LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace and larger legal community. He also has deep experience representing clients in administrative regulatory actions, securities class actions, and commercial litigation in both federal and state courts.Mr. Gomez Galvis was born and raised in Colombia and is fluent in Spanish. He has conducted investigations in Spanish throughout Central and South America, including in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Before joining Morrison Foerster, Gerardo worked for another international law firm, where he handled corporate investigations and securities litigation, and he also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Denny Chin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York. Gerardo graduated from New York University School of Law, where he was a recipient of an AnBryce merit scholarship and was active as an editor of the New York University Law Review. Prior to that, he received a B.A. summa cum laude from Florida International University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Honors College.<h4>Select Experience</h4><h5>FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption</h5><ul><li>Serving as a key team member for the independent compliance monitor as appointed by the DOJ and two separate multilateral development banks for Odebrecht S.A. (now known as Novonor) in the wake of a multijurisdictional resolution worth billions of USD. </li><li>Representation of a multinational consulting firm in a cross-border investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption in South Africa, which involves investigations on multiple continents by DOJ and the National Prosecuting Authority in South Africa, parliamentary inquiries, and a Judicial Commission of Inquiry in South Africa.</li><li>Representation of a privately held corporation in an investigation of potential FCPA violations concerning payments to government officials in Latin America, which included conducting an extensive internal investigation and assisting the company in self-reporting the matter to DOJ. DOJ is currently investigating the matter along with the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).</li><li>Representation of an executive in a DOJ-led FCPA investigation involving allegations of bribery in Latin America.</li><li>Representation of a business executive in an investigation being led by DOJ and non-U.S. authorities into alleged money laundering and Travel Act violations involving Latin America.</li></ul><h5>SEC Accounting + Disclosure Fraud Investigations</h5><ul><li>Representation of a large private fund that invested in a publicly traded company in an SEC investigation into COVID-19-related insider trading, which resulted in successful negotiation with the SEC to narrow the fund’s production obligations.</li><li>Representation of a global technology company in an SEC accounting fraud investigation.</li><li>Representation of a senior employee of a private company in an accounting fraud investigation being led by SEC and DOJ.</li></ul><h5>Select Other Corporate Investigations + Compliance Counseling and Litigation Matters</h5><ul><li>Representation of an international consulting firm related to its work for opioid manufacturers, which involves complex, multidimensional work involving state attorneys general, DOJ, and congressional investigations, as well as more than 140 civil lawsuits that are now in a Multi-District Litigation.</li><li>Representation of a major consulting firm related to its pandemic work for the State of New York and certain government investigations including the EDNY and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and related investigations by the NYAG. </li><li>Representation of a global company in advising on compliance issues related to document preservation and collection. </li><li>Representation of a private equity fund in conducting various compliance-related due diligence exercises on investments involving Latin America, including complex anti-corruption, OFAC sanctions, and anti-money laundering assessments.</li><li>Representation of several offshore companies in litigation arising out of investments made with Bernard L. Madoff.</li><li>Representation of a Fortune 500 multinational company in conducting a post-acquisition risk assessment throughout Latin America in relation to its acquisition of a major agricultural company.</li><li>Parker v. United Industries Corp. (S.D.N.Y.) Won summary judgment for United Industries Corp. in a consumer class action concerning United Industries’ Cutter Natural Insect Repellent, where client sought nearly $100 million in damages. (2020)</li></ul><h4>Memberships</h4><ul><li>Federal Bar Council's Diversity Taskforce</li><li>Inaugural Board Member for the Brazil-U.S. 40 and Under White Collar Lawyers Initiative</li></ul>

Gerardo Gomez Galvis

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