Vivienne Lockwood

Vivienne Lockwood
Counsel · Payment Fraud & Banking Liability
Whitfield & Crane LLP
VivienneLockwood@Whitfieldcranelaw.com
New York
Biography
Vivienne Lockwood is a Counsel in the firm’s Payment Fraud & Banking Liability group who has been with the firm since its early years. She focuses on payment fraud, card scheme abuse and processor liability. recovered assets in matters involving dozens of banks and exchanges.
She advises clients across North America and Latin America and works with the firm’s investigators and forensic accountants to move from first report to first freeze as quickly as the facts allow. She is admitted in New York and regularly coordinates matters with local counsel worldwide.
Vivienne is a graduate of Cornell Law School and Boston University, where she served on the law review. She writes and speaks frequently on fraud trends and is a member of the firm’s 24-hour incident-response desk.
Representative Matters
- Identified and froze extortion payments flowing through mixer services
- Froze a fraudster’s $17 million real-estate portfolio within weeks of engagement Traced and froze assets layered through 8 entities in 3 countries in a single matter
Education
Cornell Law School
B.A., Boston 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
German
Recognition
National Law Journal: Trailblazer
