SHEILA TENDY
Sheila Tendy is a lawyer in private practice in New York City specializing in bank regulatory and corporate compliance, anti-money laundering, and investigations within the banking and financial services industry. She is a former counsel to the New York State Banking Department, as well as a former prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
In her capacity as Investigative and Assistant Counsel to the New York State Banking Department, Ms. Tendy oversaw complex investigations of criminal activity in both foreign and domestic banks for enforcement actions and prosecution. Ms. Tendy also handled a broad range of regulatory matters including the establishment of financial institutions and litigation involving failed or troubled institutions. While at the Banking Department, she helped create a multi-agency mortgage-fraud task force.
Ms. Tendy’s international cases have involved high-level bank insiders, money laundering, foreign corrupt practices, hidden trading losses, stock manipulation, loan fraud, and misapplication of bank funds.
In the private sector, Ms. Tendy worked with DSFX, an international investigative consulting firm, where she headed its Banking and Financial Services Group. At DSFX, Ms. Tendy helped banks and other financial institutions address a wide range of matters requiring independent investigations, regulatory compliance, interaction with regulators and law enforcement, and advice on anti-money laundering and risk management programs.
As a licensed stockbroker, Ms. Tendy worked with global financial institutions on Wall Street. Most recently, she was responsible for the Global Financial Services Sector Sales effort at Deutsche Bank.
Ms. Tendy lectures worldwide on subjects including interacting with regulators during internal investigations, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-money laundering compliance, and fraud in the secondary mortgage market.
