Biography

Robert Johnston is a Partner at Lowenstein Sandler LLP in New York. Rob focuses his practice on compliance, regulatory counseling, due diligence, government and internal investigations, and compliance auditing and monitoring. He regularly advises investment advisers, family offices, hedge funds and private equity funds, and their related portfolio companies on matters related to the federal securities laws, FCPA, anti-money laundering statutes and related know your customer regulations, trade sanctions, and compliance and corporate governance best practices.

 Prior to joining Lowenstein, Rob had several in-house compliance and legal roles at Sculptor Capital Management (formerly known as Och-Ziff Capital Management). 

 Rob earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2008 and earned his B.A. from Georgetown University in 2002.