Languages:
- English
- Spanish
Regional expertise:
- North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- South America
Education:
- MA (joint degree) Latin American studies and journalism, New York University
- BA international studies, American University
Alyssa specialises in disputes and investigations and heads the Washington DC office.
A Spanish-speaking Latin America specialist, Alyssa has 18 years’ experience managing and conducting complex investigations in support of disputes, transactions and white collar criminal allegations across the Americas and Europe.
A former Wall Street compliance officer and Big Four consultant, she also has a robust AML, FCPA and third party due diligence background, as well as antitrust monitorship experience. She formerly led the North American business intelligence practice for a global risk consultancy.
Project highlights
- Led onsite employee interviews to investigate whistleblower claims in a Latin American arm of a multinational extractives company.
- Co-led the investigative team in the US DOJ’s antitrust monitorship of the USD 66 billion merger of Bayer and Monsanto.
- Conducted in-country Central American document review regarding the money-laundering schemes of a narcotrafficker doing business with US companies, presenting findings to US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
- Managed the Spain clawback investigations for counsel to the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities bankruptcy trustee.