Kramer Levin announced today that Jilan J. Kamal, a former Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), has joined the firm as a partner in its nationally recognized Litigation Department and White Collar and Government Investigations Group. Jilan will litigate a range of white-collar matters, with a focus on complex cross-border investigations, criminal and regulatory defense, and civil litigation. She will be resident in the firm’s New York office.

During her nearly 10 years with SDNY’s Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, Jilan prosecuted an array of high-profile cases, including one of the largest-ever fund-financing frauds, which involved a private-equity principal’s scheme to secure $134 million in subscription-backed credit facilities extended by multiple banks. She also led some of the SDNY’s most sensitive cross-border investigations, including several involving China and Latin America, and litigated international matters involving 89 countries. Jilan speaks French, Spanish and German in addition to English.

Jilan joins the firm ahead of Kramer Levin’s combination with Herbert Smith Freehills, a preeminent global firm, which will be effective June 1, 2025. The combined firm, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, will be known as HSF Kramer.

Jilan earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, her M.A. from Columbia University, and her A.B. with high honors from Princeton University. Earlier in her career, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Jacques L. Wiener Jr. at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.