Prior to joining the firm, Bini served in the Department of Justice for nearly 10 years as an AUSA in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) and the Middle District of Florida (MDFL), where he specialized in investigating and prosecuting financial and corporate crime. Before that, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for five years. In private practice, Bini will represent corporations and individuals in connection with government investigations, internal investigations, criminal and regulatory proceedings and related civil litigation.
Bini is an accomplished trial lawyer and investigator. He has tried more than 20 cases to jury verdict, including some of the Department of Justice’s most complex financial fraud trials. He has led multiple cross-border investigations of corporations and individuals in the United States, Latin America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Bini has particular experience in investigations involving securities fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) violations, cybercrime, bank fraud, money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) violations. Among other distinctions, while in the EDNY, Bini was a Deputy Chief in the International Narcotics and Money Laundering Section, and spent nearly three years as a co-coordinator for the EDNY’s response to computer hacking and cyber fraud incidents.
“Mark knows what the game looks like from the inside. He knows the factors that go into a prosecutor’s thinking and how the decision to prosecute, or not, is made,” said Mike Lowell, Chair of the firm’s Global Regulatory Practice. “That’s incredibly powerful insight which will benefit and help guide our clients.”
Bini was drawn to Reed Smith’s strength in New York, London and Miami, its dynamic approach and its commitment to building out the firm’s white-collar practice. “Joining Reed Smith provides me with an opportunity to help build and expand the firm’s white-collar practice to enhance the services we provide clients with a focus on the firm’s five key industry groups – financial services, healthcare/life sciences, energy & natural resources, entertainment & media, and transportation,” said Bini. “I was drawn to the firm’s global platform and deeply engrained entrepreneurial approach to solving clients’ challenges, which align closely with how I want to practice.”
Bini has led multiple securities fraud, wire fraud, FCPA and money laundering investigations involving energy trading companies and banks. “Mark’s energy and financial services experience closely aligns with two of our key industry groups,” said Cindy Minniti, managing partner of the firm’s New York office. “He will also add high level experience to our regulatory practice nationally and in New York. We are thrilled to have him at the firm.”
Prior to becoming a prosecutor, Mark clerked for the Honorable Peter K. Leisure in the Southern District of New York, and spent five years at a major international law firm in New York handling complex civil litigation and white-collar matters.
Bini received his J.D., cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law, and his B.A. from the University of Virginia. He is admitted to the Bar in New York and Florida.
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