Justin Mendelsohn

Justin Mendelsohn recently joined Fidelity Investment’s Digital Asset Services as Head of AML and Sanctions. Previously, he served as the Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance and BSA Officer for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., a privately-held bank that provides financial services to institutional and individual investors around the world.  In that role, Mr. Mendelsohn was responsible for the design and implementation of the bank’s AML and Sanctions program to ensure the program is compliant with applicable global regulations.  He also served as the AML Officer for BBH’s US and Cayman Islands based trust companies.  Before that, Mr. Mendelsohn served as Deputy to the Global Head and led the department’s Risk Assessment and Program Group and co-headed the Firm’s Financial Intelligence Unit, where he led the Firm’s AML Investigations division.  Before joining Brown Brothers, Mr. Mendelsohn was an attorney for the law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel with a practice focused on white-collar criminal defense, securities regulatory matters and internal investigations.  He represented public and privately held companies and individuals as subjects, victims and witnesses in federal criminal and regulatory matters.  He also conducted internal investigations involving potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy Act and the insider trading laws. His pro bono practice included work with the Refugee Protection Program of Human Rights First.