Alex Rolf van der Zwaan is a Belgian-born Dutch attorney formerly with the London branch of New York-based international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. On 20 February 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to investigators while answering questions about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. He served 30 days in prison and was fined USD 20,000. He was later pardoned in December 2020 by United States president Donald Trump.
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Alex Rolf van der Zwaan is a Belgian-born Dutch attorney formerly with the London branch of New York-based international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. On 20 February 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to investigators while answering questions about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. He served 30 days in prison and was fined USD 20,000. After serving his sentence, Van der Z WAan was deported to the Netherlands. He was later pardoned in December 2020 by United States president Donald Trump. The Ukrainian Ministry of Justice was his firm’s client and central to the indictment.
In 2017, Skadden Arps refunded USD 567,000 billed by the firm to the Government of Ukraine. On 3 July 2019, he was struck off the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales following a judgment that he had acted dishonestly by knowingly and intentionally giving the Special Counsel’s Office false information. He received his LL. B. at King’s College London in 2006, and completing his Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in 2007. He began working at the London office of the international law firms in 2007 and worked on complex matters, including the freezing of assets of the rich.
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