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Daniel Kahn is a partner at Davis Polk in the White Collar Defense & Investigations group. Dan represents companies and individuals in government enforcement matters, conducting internal investigations and in compliance matters. Dan previously served for 11 years at the Department of Justice, where he held a number of senior level positions, including Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, Chief of the Fraud Section, and Chief of the FCPA Unit. The Wall Street Journal described Dan as DOJ’s “most recognizable expert on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.” At DOJ, Dan supervised matters involving the FCPA, money laundering, and fraud related to digital currency, fintechs, commodities, securities, healthcare and procurement. As Chief of the FCPA Unit, he oversaw all investigations and prosecutions involving the FCPA, and oversaw the exponential increase in multi-jurisdictional investigations, coordinating with authorities in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Dan also played a central role in developing enforcement policies at DOJ on the FCPA, corporate enforcement, compliance and monitors. Dan teaches Corporate Criminal Investigations at Harvard Law School and Global Anti-Corruption at Georgetown Law Center.