Alexander Bussey

Alexander Bussey

Senior Associate
New York, United States
+1 212 287 6997

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Alex Bussey advises clients on all aspects of litigation with a focus on cross-border regulatory and internal investigations, white-collar defense, and complex civil litigation. 

He regularly defends corporations and financial institutions in matters involving alleged securities and commodities fraud, insider trading, anti-money laundering compliance, antitrust violations, corruption, and other corporate crimes and misconduct.  His experience spans several industries, including financial services, technology, and energy.

 

Prior to joining Eversheds-Sutherland, Alex had roles as an associate at an international law firm and as a law clerk for the Honorable John G. Koeltl, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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  • Represent life insurance company in nationwide class action lawsuit and related state actions arising out of a data security incident.
  • Represent financial services company in relation to data security incident, including advising on indemnity claims and litigation risks during investigation phase and defending against numerous putative class actions filed in federal district court.
  • Represents a nationwide provider of prepared meal delivery subscriptions in a class action alleging violations of California’s anti-spam law arising from advertisements with purportedly misleading sender details and reference pricing in subject lines.
  • Defended northern European financial institution on AML investigations by DOJ and U.S. and European bank regulators focused on controls concerning correspondent banking and KYC/CDD measures for high risk and non-resident customers;
  • Counseled DOJ’s Independent Monitor of a global cryptocurrency exchange, in connection with its $4.3 billion BSA / AML and sanctions resolution;
  • Defended a hedge fund partner on insider trading prosecution in SDNY arising out of alleged misuse of information concerning upcoming revisions to Medicare reimbursement rates. This case was a first-of- its-kind case involving government information and prosecuting insider trading under the Title 18 criminal securities fraud provision;
  • Defended multiple energy brokers on investigations by CFTC regarding the use of non-approved communication channels and recordkeeping obligations;
  • Defended global Canadian financial institution on investigation by SEC, FINRA, and SDNY into block trading practices and sharing of non-public information;
  • Defended global French financial institution in DOJ antitrust investigation relating to the collapse of Archegos Capital Management;
  • Defended global financial institution on commodities fraud action arising out of alleged manipulation of the Cboe volatility index (VIX) in the Northern District of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals;
  • Defended of multi-national bank on commodities fraud and antitrust class actions arising out of alleged manipulation of gold and silver benchmarks in SDNY and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals;
  • Represented staff members of the office of former NY Lt. Governor related to corruption charges in SDNY;
  • Defended French multi-national financial institution on securities fraud action arising out of alleged spoofing and short selling price manipulation scheme in SDNY;
  • Defended global German financial institution on FCPA investigation by DOJ arising out of hiring practices in APAC region;
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  • Fordham University School of Law; JD, Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif
  • Bethel University; BS and BA

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Alexander Bussey

Senior Associate

+1 212 287 6997
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Alexander Bussey

Senior Associate

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