Andrew Chesley is a senior associate at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP.
At KHF, Andrew’s practice includes white collar criminal defense and securities enforcement defense, governmental and internal investigations, and commercial litigation. Andrew represents individuals at various stages of governmental investigations and prosecutions, from pre-enforcement depositions or interviews through trial and sentencing. Andrew has represented individuals facing criminal or SEC charges of insider trading, wire fraud, identity theft, and commodities and securities fraud. In addition, Andrew has represented individuals in connection with subpoenas or requests for voluntary interviews by various government agencies in cases concerning bank fraud, tax fraud, securities fraud, and AML/BSA compliance. His individual clients have included company founders, high net worth individuals, senior corporate executives, and trading firm principals. In addition, Andrew has represented hundreds of employees of broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, and a ratings agency in connection with the SEC’s industry-wide investigation into recordkeeping and off-channel messaging practices.
Through his investigations practice at KHF, Andrew has worked with investment banks, fintech companies, residential mortgage originators, and a ratings agency on multiple internal investigations and responses to regulatory proceedings.
Finally, Andrew has represented a bankruptcy debtor in connection with contemplated affirmative litigation, a leading market-making firm in trade secrets litigation against former employees, a large technology company in both federal litigation and arbitration, and a biopharmaceutical company in false advertising and breach of contract actions in multijurisdictional federal proceedings.
Andrew received his law degree from Columbia Law School, where he received the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize, awarded to students who earned the highest academic honors for all three years of law school. During law school, Andrew was an Articles Editor of the Columbia Law Review, worked on public education reform projects through the Center for Public Research and Leadership, and coached high school mock trial. Andrew graduated from Dickinson College with a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics. At Dickinson, he was awarded the Hufstader Prize for his contributions to the College.