Nikhil V. Gore is a partner in Covington’s financial services and arbitration practices, representing sovereigns, financial institutions, and global corporations in civil and criminal investigations, as well as cross-border arbitrations and disputes.

In his financial services investigations and enforcement practice, Nikhil leads anti-financial crime investigations, as well as a wide range of financial institution governance, control, safety and soundness, and consumer and market conduct matters. He was lead counsel for a global bank in its recent trade surveillance resolutions with U.S. bank regulators, represented another global financial institution in successfully navigating multi-year criminal and civil investigations concerning an alleged corruption scheme in Asia, and has represented regional and community banks across the country in contesting and negotiating supervisory and enforcement outcomes before the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC. He also counsels clients on BSA/AML regulations, and the structure and functioning of their control, compliance, and audit frameworks.

In his disputes practice, Nikhil is part of the Covington team representing Ukraine in state-to-state arbitrations against the Russian Federation and was appointed by the Prosecutor-General of Ukraine to the Legal Task Force on Accountability for Russian War Crimes. He regularly handles treaty arbitrations and commercial disputes spanning Asia, Eastern Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa.