Combining his extensive experience in private practice and as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Nick Goldin is a Litigation Partner and Global Co-Head of the Firm’s Government and Internal Investigations Practice. He represents public and private companies, private equity and financial services firms, board committees, and executives in a broad range of high stakes and otherwise sensitive situations often involving intersecting investigations, litigation, and public scrutiny. These matters include white collar criminal, regulatory, and Congressional inquiries, internal investigations, consequential litigation and disputes, cybersecurity incidents, and other critical situations that present significant legal and reputational risk. Nick also regularly provides strategic counsel to corporate leadership on crisis, compliance, and governance matters.
Consistently recognized in leading legal industry surveys, Nick has been ranked in Chambers as among the top 15 crisis and risk management lawyers in the United States. A client told Chambers that “I sleep well at night knowing that Nick Goldin is advising us.” In addition to recognition as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA for White Collar Crime/Government Investigations and in Chambers Crisis & Risk Management, Nick has been recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders in Business Crime Defense for Corporates, The Legal 500, and Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation. Nick has been named as a BTI Client Service All-Star nominated by in-house counsel for “the absolute best client service,” as a recipient of Lexology’s Client Choice Award for Business Crime Defense nominated by corporate counsel for excellent client care and service above and beyond the other players in the market, and as a Distinguished Adviser in Investigations and White Collar Crime on Financier Worldwide’s Power Players list.
Nick has served as Co-Chair of Simpson Thacher’s Finance Committee and as a Hiring Partner.
Updated Oct 2025
Major financial services firms in SEC investigations relating to texting practices.
AEP in a $19 million settlement with the SEC over allegations relating to disclosures and internal controls concerning charitable donations.
TransUnion in DOJ False Claims Act settlement relating to alleged misuse of financial data received from federal regulators.
Major insurance company in a cyber ransomware matter.
- A national organization in responding to a Congressional inquiry concerning alleged misuse of federal funding.
- Government and regulatory
- White collar crime
- Crisis management
- Banking
- Consumer goods and services
- Energy
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Industrials
- Insurance
- Media
- Mining
- Oil and gas
- Pharmaceutical and life sciences
- Real estate
- Technology and telecommunications
- J.D.; Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law Review - Cornell Law School - 1999
- B.A., magna cum laude and with distinction in all subjects - Cornell University - 1996
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York - 2002
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York - 2002
- New York - 2000