Gregory Lisa is a partner at Hogan Lovells US, LLP, a global law firm. He uses his extensive firsthand experience in anti-money laundering and consumer protection to help financial institution clients navigate the complex regulations and expectations of regulators, examination teams, and law enforcement agencies, civil and criminal. He specializes in anti-money laundering, particularly in the casino and FinTech space.
Before joining Hogan Lovells, Lisa was the Interim Director of the Office of Compliance and Enforcement at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Treasury Department’s lead regulator for overseeing and enforcing anti-money laundering laws. Lisa also served as the Chief of the Money Services Businesses and Casinos Section within FinCEN’s Enforcement Division. During his tenure, he supervised and conducted a number of investigations, supervisory exams, and enforcement actions across FinCEN’s broad jurisdiction.
Prior to his work at FinCEN, Lisa helped to “stand up” the Office of Enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Before then, he served at the U.S. Department of Justice for 12 years, first in the Civil Division, and then for almost 10 years in the Criminal Division’s Organized Crime and Racketeering Section as a federal prosecutor investigating and prosecuting organized crime, public corruption, violent crime, and money laundering.
Lisa is an Advisory Committee Member of the Institute for Certified Gaming Industry Professionals (ICGIP). He is the author of several gaming-related publications, and a frequent speaker and panelist at casino conferences, including the Casino Essentials Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference; the Global Gaming Expo (G2E); the Niagara Falls AML Seminar and Workshop; the 2018 Tribal Casino BSA/AML Working Group; the American Gaming Association’s Anti-Money Laundering Summit; and other gaming-related events, seminars, and conferences.
