Jonathan Winer is the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement. He represents domestic and foreign clients on regulatory and enforcement matters as well as on a wide range of government affairs issues, including data protection and management, information security and privacy. His practice also extends to a range of issues pertaining to sanctions, money laundering, and national security law.
In the area of financial services, Mr. Winer counsels companies in such areas as anti-money laundering, data security, and electronic payments, including complying with USA Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations and with state regulatory and licensing requirements, as well as with enforcement actions. His clients include domestic and foreign banks, mutual funds, payment system companies, credit card operators, providers of stored value cards, investment managers, insurance companies, and money service businesses.
Jonathan Winer is the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement. He represents domestic and foreign clients on regulatory and enforcement matters as well as on a wide range of government affairs issues, including data protection and management, information security and privacy. His practice also extends to a range of issues pertaining to sanctions, money laundering, and national security law.
In the area of financial services, Mr. Winer counsels companies in such areas as anti-money laundering, data security, and electronic payments, including complying with USA Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations and with state regulatory and licensing requirements, as well as with enforcement actions. His clients include domestic and foreign banks, mutual funds, payment system companies, credit card operators, providers of stored value cards, investment managers, insurance companies, and money service businesses.
In the area of privacy, he provides strategic guidance and compliance solutions to companies faced with managing domestic and foreign regulation of cross-border transmissions of customer data, employee data, and e-mail, including the legal issues associated with data security and breaches. On homeland security, his work extends to the legal issues associated with disaster recovery. His expertise also includes providing guidance on federal and state lobbying and campaign finance regulation, and on dealing with compliance and enforcement actions pertaining to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
At the State Department, Mr. Winer was one of the architects of U.S. international policy and strategies in financial services regulation and enforcement. He led U.S. negotiations on these and related issues with the European Union and the Organization of American States, and bilaterally with China, Cyprus, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Thailand, and numerous countries in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Central Europe, and Africa. Previously, he served for ten years as chief counsel and principal legislative assistant to Senator John F. Kerry, handling and drafting legislation pertaining to financial regulation. He also conducted a series of Congressional investigations, including the U.S. Senate’s investigation of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
Mr. Winer serves as a Member of the Atlantic Council Working Group on Terrorism and on the Steering Committee of the Transnational Threats Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He received his J.D. in 1981 from New York University School of Law and his B.A. in 1976 from Yale University. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.