Ledina Gocaj
Education
- Princeton University, A.B. 2011, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors in the School of Public and International Affairs
- Harvard Law School, J.D. 2016, cum laude, Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow
Clerkships
Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2016–2017
Ledina Gocaj
Ledina Gocaj is counsel in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. She advises banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions on a broad range of transactional, regulatory, and supervisory matters, including large-scale enforcement actions, remediation, and internal investigations.
She provides strategic guidance to clients regarding corporate governance, risk management, purchase and assumption transactions of failed banks, matters related to the government-sponsored enterprises, and securities-law matters related to digital assets.
Previously, Ledina served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, where she advised the Chairman and Deputy to the Chairman for Policy on a broad range of regulatory guidance, rulemakings, publications, economic research and other agency matters. Earlier in her career, she worked in the investment banking arm of a global systemically important bank.
Ledina received an A.B. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Following graduation from Harvard, Ledina served as a law clerk to the Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Select Publications
- Financial Institutions M&A Key Trends and Outlook,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, April 24, 2026.
- Cryptoasset Developments: Banking Regulators Reversing Anti-Crypto Stance,
in NYU Law School’s Blog on Compliance and Enforcement, March 17, 2025.
- Financial Institutions MA Key Trends and Outlook,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, February 3, 2025.