FTI Consulting, Inc. announced the appointment of William Perlstein as Global Segment Leader of the Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment at FTI Consulting. He also will join the firm?s global Executive Committee. Mr. Perlstein is an accomplished law firm practitioner, practice leader and firm managing partner, and has served as a senior executive at a globally significant bank. Since joining FTI Consulting as a Senior Managing Director and Vice Chair of Client Services in 2020, Mr. Perlstein has helped create and lead the firm?s Key Account Management Program in the United States and globally and serves on the firm?s AI Leadership Committee.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Perlstein enjoyed a successful career building a national insolvency practice at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and then serving as the firm?s Managing Partner. He led the nationally acclaimed merger of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering with Hale and Dorr, forming WilmerHale, where he served as Co-Managing Partner for more than seven years. More recently, Mr. Perlstein served as Senior Deputy General Counsel at BNY Mellon, where he was responsible for the legal teams supporting regulatory and government affairs, cybersecurity, resolution planning, lending, privacy and M&A. He had frequent interaction with banking regulators in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Mr. Perlstein is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York, and a Life Member of the American Law Institute. He also serves as Trustee and former General Counsel to the Board at Union College and as a Board member of Nano DX, Inc.Mr. Perlstein is a Fellow and former Counsel to the Board of the American College of Bankruptcy, as well as a past Board member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Neighborhood Legal Services Program.