Himamauli Das helps clients navigate geopolitical, legal, and compliance challenges, with a focus on the rapidly evolving economic security landscape. His background positions him uniquely to help guide clients through the convergence of sanctions, financial crimes, investment security, export controls, and trade/supply chain risks and regulatory demands. Him’s expertise combines technical know-how with a global strategic perspective drawn from his roles as a senior government lawyer and decisionmaker.
Him most recently served as the acting director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), where he oversaw the continued expansion and refinement of the U.S. anti-money laundering regime and represented the United States before the Egmont Group and with FIUs globally. He led the bureau’s efforts to reform the U.S. AML/CFT framework through implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and the Corporate Transparency Act and to enhance cooperation with financial institutions, law enforcement, and civil society through the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group (BSAAG) and public-private exchanges. Him also provided direction on FinCEN’s enforcement efforts and supervisory engagement with the Federal Banking Agencies (FBAs).
Previously, Him served at the White House in roles at the National Security Council and National Economic Council as the Senior Director for International Trade and Investment and as Deputy Legal Adviser. He also served as a senior lawyer and policy maker at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he served as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Investment and Assistant General Counsel for International Affairs. He started his career at the State Department, where he worked as an attorney-adviser on economic sanctions, trade, and climate change negotiations.
On investment security, Him was the lead Treasury lawyer and a senior White House adviser, and in those roles, reviewed numerous CFIUS transactions and led efforts to draft and implement CFIUS regulations and policies and to negotiate and enforce mitigation agreements and presidential orders. Him has counseled senior Treasury, State, and White House officials on the development, implementation, and enforcement of OFAC sanctions and BIS export controls. In Treasury and White House roles, Him has led efforts to enhance trade remedies to respond to Chinese overcapacity and to identify export controls and mechanisms to protect sensitive technologies, participated in negotiations of numerous free trade agreements, and worked to discipline unfair foreign exchange rate practices. Him has also worked on a wide range of international economic matters, including G-20/APEC, China, financial stability, sovereign debt, IMF and World Bank, and climate change negotiations.
Him received a J.D. and M.P.P from the University of California at Berkeley; an M.Sc. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in astrophysics, planetary, and atmospheric sciences; and an A.B. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley. He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He is a member of the D.C. and California bars.