Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Welcomes Nick Turner as Partner, Boosting Sanctions, AML, and White-Collar Practices

Washington, D.C. — Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to announce that Nicholas (Nick) Turner, a globally recognized lawyer in the field of sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML), and export controls, has joined the firm as Partner in its Washingtons, D.C. office. 

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Now based primarily in the United States, Nick joins Akrivis from the Hong Kong operations of leading global digital asset exchange Binance, where he most recently served as Global Sanctions Lead Counsel.  His addition strengthens Akrivis’s already robust sanctions, AML, export controls, anti-bribery, and white-collar defense capabilities, bringing over a decade of experience advising leading international financial institutions and multinationals in one of the world’s top financial hubs.

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Nick has advised clients throughout Asia, the Americas, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East in the financial services, digital assets, telecommunications, logistics, e-commerce, aviation, and other sectors. He helps companies understand when and how regulations apply to their business, how to respond when regulators come calling, and how to approach transactions to mitigate risks from regulations, counterparty requirements, and geopolitics. 

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Nick’s experience also includes acting as in-house counsel for a UK-headquartered financial institution and as external counsel in the Hong Kong offices of major U.S.- and U.K.-based law firms. He has advised clients throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas in the financial services, digital assets, telecommunications, logistics, e-commerce, aviation, and other sectors. Nick’s work spans compliance, regulatory enforcement, investigations, and transactional support across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes. In recent years, he has extensively advised on key issues related to U.S.-China tensions, multilateral sanctions against Russia, and the evolving Middle East landscape.

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“Akrivis was my first choice,” Nick said. “The firm has built a reputation for advising clients on exactly the kind of complex, cross-border matters I've spent my career working on. What drew me here is the opportunity to give companies straightforward advice in plain language — informed by first-hand experience of how these rules actually land on businesses operating outside the United States." 

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“Whether a client is interpreting a new regulation, deciding how to approach a transaction, or build a compliance program, I am ready to help,” Nick said.  

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“Nick brings a very unique perspective that very few U.S. lawyers offer in this space,” said Farhad Alavi, Akrivis Managing Partner. “This is a logical and strategic step in Akrivis’s expansion trajectory, aligned with our recent ascent in our core practices, and will boost our already robust representation of clients around the globe. His diverse experience, including years of practice in Hong Kong, gives him a perspective on the logistics of international sanctions, and money and technology flows involving China that very few people in this sector can match. This translates to advice clients can readily use."

In addition to his legal practice, Nick co-developed and taught a course on Sanctions Law and Practice at the University of Hong Kong, in which students explored how complex sanctions laws and regulations apply to corporate actors. He has authored several book chapters on corporate decision-making about sanctions and served as co-editor of the Global Investigations Review (GIR) Practitioners' Guide to Sanctions. He was recognized as a Global Investigations Review 40 Under 40 investigations specialist and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

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Nick is admitted to practice in the State of New York. He divides his time between North America and Hong Kong. Nick can be reached at nturner@akrivislaw.com.

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