Robert Johnston

Partner, Investment Management at Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Speaker

ROBERT A. JOHNSTON, JR. is a Partner at Lowenstein Sandler LLP in New York. Rob focuses SEC examinations and enforcement, internal and governmental investigations, regulatory compliance advice and counseling, compliance program design and implementation, cross-border due diligence, compliance auditing and monitoring, and commercial disputes. He regularly advises investment advisers, family offices, hedge funds and private equity funds, and their related portfolio companies on matters related to anti-bribery and anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and know your customer regulations, and trade sanctions compliance.

Prior to joining Lowenstein, Rob had several in-house compliance and legal roles at Sculptor Capital Management (formerly known as Och-Ziff Capital Management). During his time at Sculptor, among other things, he had responsibility for the enhancement of the company’s FCPA and AML compliance program, and he developed and implemented several technological solutions and controls.