Georgia Aziakou represents financial institutions, multinational companies, and individuals in complex federal litigation, cross-border disputes, and white-collar criminal defense and investigations. Her practice involves matters at the intersection of national security, financial crime, and international business, including terrorism-related litigation, corruption, money laundering, and economic sanctions.
Georgia has substantial experience defending financial institutions against claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). She develops litigation strategy, drafts dispositive motions and other complex federal court briefs, and manages extensive multilingual discovery and evidentiary records. She also prepares for, takes, and defends fact and expert depositions. Her international practice includes advising individuals and businesses in connection with interrelated foreign civil and criminal proceedings involving complex jurisdictional, procedural, and public international law issues.
Georgia leads sensitive internal investigations for multinational companies and other major organizations involving allegations of accounting fraud, executive misconduct, whistleblower retaliation, governance failures, and improper third-party payments. She develops investigative strategies, interviews senior executives and other key witnesses, directs forensic and electronic discovery, and assesses potential criminal and regulatory exposure. Her experience also includes advising on DOJ voluntary self-disclosure strategy, remediation, and investigations involving overlapping anti-corruption, sanctions, and counterterrorism laws. She regularly works with in-house counsel, forensic accountants, and other specialists on matters spanning multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes.
Georgia also advises clients on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), US economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), anti-money laundering laws, and counterterrorism-related statutes. She counsels multinational businesses on anti-corruption and sanctions risks associated with international transactions, market entry, joint ventures, and third-party relationships. Her experience also includes designing and implementing global compliance programs, conducting risk-based due diligence, strengthening corporate governance and internal controls, and advising on the organization and oversight of corporate investigations functions.
Her clients span financial services, technology and artificial intelligence, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, consumer products, and other highly regulated industries. Drawing on her experience across litigation, investigations, and regulatory counseling, Georgia brings an integrated perspective to matters involving overlapping legal regimes, complex factual records, and significant commercial and reputational exposure. Her pro bono practice includes federal civil-rights litigation and international human-rights matters.
