Arvind K. Lal

His advisory work helps organizations understand evolving security environments and regulatory developments shaping global governance frameworks.

Arvind is a seasoned trial attorney with more than three decades of experience spanning federal prosecution, securities regulation, and global cryptocurrency investigations. Most recently, Arvind served as Associate General Counsel of Global Investigations, Governance, and Litigation at Chainalysis, where he oversaw complex litigation, internal and external investigations, regulatory compliance, and interactions with law enforcement and government agencies worldwide.

Before joining Chainalysis, Arvind spent over 25 years at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, including more than a decade as Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section. In that role, he led high-impact financial crime and national security investigations involving terrorism financing, sanctions evasion, cryptocurrency-enabled crime, and large-scale money laundering. He developed and supervised threat finance prosecutions against international actors linked to ISIS, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Iran, and worked closely with U.S. and foreign law enforcement agencies on complex cross-border matters. Arvind's casework includes: Welcome to Video (child exploitation, cryptocurrency case), Bitcoin Fog (precedent-setting, cryptocurrency-money laundering prosecution), Payza (money-services business that laundered millions in proceeds of illicit finance), and 1Broker (the first bitcoin-denominated securities trading platform).

Earlier in his career, Arvind served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Organized Crime and Narcotics Trafficking Section, where he prosecuted multi-defendant RICO, narcotics, homicide, and money laundering cases, many involving sophisticated financial schemes and emerging technologies. He also began his federal service at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, advising on broker-dealer regulation, financial responsibility rules, and litigation involving the Commission and its staff.

Arvind is widely recognized for his expertise in asset forfeiture, sanctions enforcement, cryptocurrency investigations, and financial regulation. He has trained prosecutors, judges, investigators, and private-sector professionals across more than 20 countries and regularly advises on expert testimony, regulatory risk, and investigative strategy.