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Georgia Aziakou

Georgia Aziakou

Associate
About

Georgia Aziakou has wide-ranging international litigation experience. Her practice concentrates on cross-border commercial litigation and white-collar matters with a substantive focus in technology and national security. Her experience includes defending against claims brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) as well as claims of money laundering and anti-money laundering (AML) violations involving financial institutions. Georgia has handled both civil litigations relating to how corporations implement their AML and OFAC/sanctions compliance programs and internal investigations and federal criminal matters involving allegations of fraud, false claims, and other alleged financial improprieties. Georgia also regularly advises both US and multinational clients on designing and implementing risk-based compliance programs regarding AML, anti-corruption, and global sanctions enforcement.

Bar admissions / Professional QualificationsPennsylvania
Languages
  • Arabic
  • French
Education
  • J.D., Yale Law School 2021
  • M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management 2020
  • B.A., Dartmouth College, magna cum laude, 2013
    Phi Beta Kappa

Prior Experience

Georgia joined DLA Piper from another major law firm. She also draws upon her prior experience in national security matters, including serving in the White House as a speechwriter for then-Vice President Biden, as a legal observer at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, and as a Fulbright Scholar in Morocco.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association

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