Lexology Panoramic: Anti-Money Laundering 2026 (USA)
Client Alert | June 15, 2026
Gibson Dunn announces release of “Lexology Panoramic: Anti-Money Laundering 2026 (USA).”
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce the release of Lexology Panoramic: Anti-Money Laundering 2026 (USA). The publication is the U.S. chapter of Lexology Panoramic’s Anti-Money Laundering guide, which is comprised of 12 jurisdictional chapters. The chapter covers U.S. anti-money laundering criminal laws applicable to all U.S. persons under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956-57 and regulatory requirements for financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act. It discusses the elements of these laws and regulations, enforcement authorities and priorities, and compliance program trends.
Gibson Dunn partners Stephanie L. Brooker and M. Kendall Day and of counsel Ella Alves Capone and Sam Raymond authored the chapter.
The chapter is live and FREE for a limited time to access HERE.
Gibson Dunn’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) practice is renowned for its expertise in advising financial institutions and businesses on compliance with AML and economic sanctions laws and regulations, and defending clients from AML and sanctions enforcement investigations.
Stephanie Brooker, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global White Collar Defense and Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering, and Financial Institutions Practice Groups. Stephanie served as a prosecutor at DOJ, including serving as Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, investigating a broad range of white-collar and other federal criminal matters, and trying 32 criminal trials. She also served as the Director of the Enforcement Division and Chief of Staff at FinCEN, the lead U.S. anti-money laundering regulator and enforcement agency. Stephanie has been consistently recognized by Chambers USA for enforcement defense and BSA/AML compliance as an “excellent attorney,” who clients rely on for “important and complex” matters, and for providing “excellent service and terrific lawyering.” She has also been named a National Law Journal White Collar Trailblazer and a Global Investigations Review Top 100 Women in Investigations.
M. Kendall Day is a nationally recognized white-collar partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where he is co-chair of the Global Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Group, co-chair of the firm’s Financial Institutions Practice Group, co-leads the firm’s AML practice, and is a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations and Crisis Management Practice Groups. Kendall is recognized as a leading white-collar attorney in the District of Columbia by Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers. Kendall was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® (2023–2026) for his work in white-collar criminal defense and named in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers guide (2024–2025), which highlights “lawyers who connect it all – data and security, innovation and inspiration, litigation and exploration”. He is also recognized by Lawdragon as a Global Leader in Crisis Management. The Legal 500 US 2025 guide distinguishes Kendall as a “Recommended Lawyer” in Financial Services Litigation and Banking. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Kendall had a distinguished 15-year career as a white-collar prosecutor with the DOJ, rising to the highest career position in the DOJ’s Criminal Division as an Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General (“DAAG”). As a DAAG, Kendall had responsibility for approximately 200 prosecutors and other professionals. Kendall also previously served as Chief and Principal Deputy Chief of the MNF. In these various leadership positions, from 2013 until 2018, Kendall supervised investigations and prosecutions of many of the country’s most significant and high-profile cases involving allegations of corporate and financial misconduct. He also exercised nationwide supervisory authority over the DOJ’s money laundering program, particularly any BSA and money laundering charges, deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements involving financial institutions.
Ella Alves Capone is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, Global Financial Regulatory, AML, and Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on advising multinational corporations and financial institutions on BSA/AML, anti-corruption, sanctions, payments, and consumer financial regulatory and enforcement matters, with a particular focus on regulatory matters impacting banks, casinos and gaming platforms, fintechs, e-commerce marketplaces, and digital assets businesses. She has significant experience representing clients in enforcement matters involving the DOJ, SEC, FinCEN, OCC, OFAC, the Federal Reserve, and state financial services regulators, including the NYDFS and state gaming regulators.. Ella regularly assists financial institutions with evaluating, structuring and enhancing their BSA/AML and sanctions compliance programs and controls, and she has extensive experience advising clients on regulatory coverage and licensing under state money transmitter regulations. Ms. Capone has been recognized by Law360 as a Fintech Rising Star, Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in White Collar every year since 2022, and Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation for her white-collar litigation and investigations work.
Sam Raymond is of counsel in Gibson Dunn’s New York office and a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations, Litigation, Anti-Money Laundering, Fintech and Digital Assets, and National Security Groups. As a former federal prosecutor, Sam has a broad-based government enforcement and investigations practice, with a specific focus on investigations and counselling related to anti-money laundering, the Bank Secrecy Act, and sanctions. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Sam was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York from 2017 to 2024. In that role, Sam tried multiple cases to verdict and prosecuted a broad range of federal criminal violations. Sam was a member of the team that prosecuted executives at FTX and Alameda Research, and was a member of the trial team in United States v. Bankman-Fried. He also served as one of the Office’s inaugural Digital Asset Coordinators, offering trainings and coordinating within the Office regarding digital assets, and engaging with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices, DOJ components, and law enforcement agencies regarding cryptocurrency.
Contact Information:
For assistance navigating these issues, please contact the Gibson Dunn lawyer with whom you usually work, the leaders or members of the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering practice group, or the authors:
Stephanie Brooker – Washington, D.C. (+1 202.887.3502, sbrooker@gibsondunn.com)
M. Kendall Day – Washington, D.C. (+1 202.955.8220, kday@gibsondunn.com)
Ella Alves Capone – Washington, D.C. (+1 202.887.3511, ecapone@gibsondunn.com)
Sam Raymond – New York (+1 212.351.2499, sraymond@gibsondunn.com)
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