Drawing on his extensive experience in private practice and as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Nick Goldin is Global Co-Head of the Firm’s Government and Internal Investigations Practice. He represents companies, financial services and private equity firms, boards and executives in a range of sensitive matters—including white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters, Congressional inquiries, internal investigations, related civil litigation and other critical situations that present significant legal and reputational risk. He also provides ongoing compliance advice to corporate clients. In addition, as Co-Chair of Simpson Thacher’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, he advises companies on crisis response planning, data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents. Nick regularly speaks and writes on developments in the law and is consistently listed as a leading lawyer in his field by industry publications. Sources have described him to Chambers USA as “a first-class legal and strategic mind,” the “complete package,” “really extraordinary,” “incredibly insightful” and “an excellent counselor” with a “very practical approach.” A client told Chambers that “I sleep well at night knowing that Nick Goldin is advising us.” He is also consistently recognized by The Legal 500 and Benchmark Litigation. In 2023, he was recognized as a “Thought Leader” in Business Crime Defence by Who’s Who Legal. Earlier in his career, he was named to Global Investigations Review’s “40 Under 40” recognizing the world’s leading investigations specialists under 40, and to Law360’s list of five nationwide “Rising Stars” in white collar litigation.
Nick has handled matters across the U.S. and in South America, Europe and Asia for clients in the financial services, private funds, hospitality and gaming, industrial, retail, technology, security, automotive, health care and life sciences, real estate, energy, utility, aerospace and defense, food services, advertising and media, and insurance sectors. These engagements sometimes involve coordinating simultaneous criminal and regulatory investigations, internal investigations, shareholder litigation, whistleblower claims and review by independent auditors. Most of his matters have never become public.
Before joining Simpson Thacher in 2010, Nick served in the Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and the computer hacking group of the Major Crimes Unit. As a federal prosecutor, Nick led parallel investigations with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, FBI, and other law enforcement and regulatory agencies. He also prosecuted criminal jury trials and conducted evidentiary hearings in federal court in the SDNY and argued appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Nick graduated from Cornell Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell Law Review, and from Cornell University, magna cum laude and with distinction in all subjects.
Updated Aug 2023
