Leandro Chamma

Senior Director
15+ years of experience in regulatory compliance and litigation
Expertise in anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, and sanctions matters
Reviews, designs, and oversees operation of compliance programs
New York
@alvarezmarsal
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Leandro Chamma is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in New York. He specializes in anti-money laundering regulatory compliance, the design and operation of compliance programs, complex investigations, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

With more than 15 years of legal and compliance experience, Mr. Chamma has advised clients in regulatory enforcement actions and complex commercial, civil, and criminal litigation. He has significant experience in matters related to proactive regulatory compliance, M&A investigative due diligence, and anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, and anti-fraud investigations across the U.S., Brazil, and Latin America.

Mr. Chamma’s notable assignments include participating in high-profile monitorships and reviewing anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance programs for major financial institutions across the globe.

Notably, Mr. Chamma was responsible for extensive lookback on the Know-Your-Customer (KYC) program for a global financial institution in a Chapter 11 proceeding. Further to this review, Mr. Chamma designed the KYC program for the client and managed its implementation, which included oversight of the Compliance department’s operation. In parallel, Mr. Chamma led several internal investigations which identified potential money laundering and sanctions exposure. He then proposed remediation measures.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Chamma spent over 12 years working for law firms: as a Senior Associate at Demarest Advogados and as Partner in the boutique litigation firm Ituassu & Vaz de Carvalho in Rio de Janeiro. In previous roles, Mr. Chamma worked on complex litigation, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption investigations, and regulatory matters for international companies doing business in Brazil.

Mr. Chamma earned a bachelor’s degree in law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and an LLM degree (with honors, Dean’s List) from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Chamma is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Chapter. Mr. Chamma is a native Portuguese speaker. He is fluent in English and proficient in Spanish.

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There are currently over a dozen banks embroiled in the ongoing Europe-wide Russian money-laundering scandal, and some have collapsed under the weight of their financial crime failures. Given the focus of both regulators and financial institutions on financial crime risks, why are banks continuing to fail in this area?