Gregory Banks

Gregory Banks
Partner · Cross-Border Asset Tracing
Whitfield & Crane LLP
GregoryBanks@Whitfieldcranelaw.com
New York
Biography
Gregory Banks is a Partner in the firm’s Cross-Border Asset Tracing group who joined Whitfield & Crane from an international investigations firm. He focuses on following misappropriated funds through shell companies and nominee accounts. helped freeze accounts in over a dozen jurisdictions.
He advises clients across the United States, Europe and Asia and works with the firm’s investigators and forensic accountants to move from first report to first freeze as quickly as the facts allow. He is admitted in New York and regularly coordinates matters with local counsel worldwide.
Gregory is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Duke University, where he served on the law review. He writes and speaks frequently on fraud trends and is a member of the firm’s 24-hour incident-response desk.
Representative Matters
- Won restitution for 13 investors in a $26 million Ponzi scheme
- Returned $6 million to victims of a romance-token scam spanning 7 countries Won restitution for 11 investors in a $12 million Ponzi scheme
Education
Harvard Law School
B.A., Duke University
Bar Admissions
New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Languages
English
Recognition
Lawdragon 500 X: The Next Generation
