02 Feb 2026
Zachary K. Goldman Returns to Sullivan & Cromwell as Partner in Financial Services and National Security Groups
"Sullivan & Cromwell has welcomed Zachary K. Goldman as a partner in its Financial Services and National Security Groups. He will work on sanctions, AML, cryptocurrency/blockchain regulation and enforcement matters."
Mr. Goldman previously practiced at Sullivan & Cromwell as an associate and returns to the firm with extensive experience advising financial institutions and technology companies on financial sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML), cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation, and complex regulatory and enforcement matters. He will join S&C at the partner level; his prior seniority at the firm was as an associate.
His background includes government service as a policy advisor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes and in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Department of Defense. He has held academic leadership roles as an Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, Executive Director of the NYU Center on Law and Security, and co-founder of the NYU Center for Cybersecurity, where he developed and taught programs on cybersecurity, sanctions and national security law. Mr. Goldman has represented clients before the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the New York State Department of Financial Services, and has led major cross-border investigations relating to sanctions, AML, the FCPA and other economic crime issues.