Nathaniel Ford

Nathaniel Ford

Nathaniel Ford

Partner · Business Email Compromise & Wire Fraud

Whitfield & Crane LLP

Hong Kong

Biography

Nathaniel Ford is a Partner in the firm’s Business Email Compromise & Wire Fraud group who joined Whitfield & Crane from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He focuses on 48-hour wire recalls, freezes and banking liability claims. 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.

Nathaniel is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School and New York 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

  • Recovered $31 million for victims of a cross-border investment-platform collapse
  • Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 7 countries after recall attempts failed
  • Froze a fraudster’s $78 million real-estate portfolio within weeks of engagement

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School
B.A., New York 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
Arabic

Recognition

Lawdragon 500 X: The Next Generation