JAKE LIPTON

PARTNER

NEW YORK

SPECIALISES IN:

Business Intelligence
Integrity Due Diligence
Investigations
Donor Diligence

REGIONAL EXPERTISE:

North America
EMEA

PRIOR EXPERIENCE:

Aon, 2016-2018
Stroz Friedberg, 2015-2018
Kroll, 2007-2015

EDUCATION:

Tufts University

Jake is a Partner and the head of Wallbrook’s New York office, where he oversees the firm’s assignments in North America. He primarily supports investment firms, technology companies, academic institutions, law firms and major corporations with their investigative and due diligence requirements globally.

Before joining Wallbrook, Jake headed Stroz Friedberg’s US due diligence practice, where he was responsible for undertaking assignments in the Americas and led the investigative workstream for an onsite monitorship of an offshore financial institution.

Jake previously spent eight years at Kroll, where he undertook various investigative, due diligence, and brand protection assignments in support of litigation and for competitive intelligence purposes.

An expert on open source research, Jake has managed hundreds of complex multijurisdictional investigations, specializing in research and analysis to identify recoverable assets, trace beneficial ownership, and gather actionable intelligence on commercial counterparties or adversaries.

Jake holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts University and completed graduate coursework at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

He is a volunteer baseball coach and member of the ambassador’s committee at DREAM (formerly known as Harlem RBI), a non-profit that provides developmental and educational programs to over 2,500 youth in East Harlem.