Alyssa Misner

Director

Alyssa

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Alyssa Misner

Director

Washington D.C., USA

Alyssa Misner is a Director in Risk Advisory’s disputes and investigations practice and heads the Washington DC office. Alyssa is a bilingual corporate investigator and Latin America specialist with more than 17 years of experience managing and conducting complex investigations in the context of disputes, transactions, and misconduct allegations across the Americas, Europe and other regions. She has held leadership roles in large risk consultancies, boutique investigative firms, the Big Four and a Wall Street securities brokerage. Alyssa brings deep expertise in litigation support, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption matters, third-party due diligence, and antitrust monitorships. Before joining The Risk Advisory Group, she 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.
  • Languages
    • English
    • Spanish
  • Countries of expertise

    The Americas

  • Capabilities
    • Disputes and investigations
    • White collar crime
    • Internal investigations and whistleblower claims
    • Witness/human source intelligence 
    • Deals due diligence
    • Asset tracing
    • Counterfeit products
    • Integrity due diligence 
    • Relationship mapping
    • Monitorships
    • US/Latin America cross border
    • AML/KYC 
    • Law firms
    • Investors
    • Risk officers
    • High net worth individuals
  • Education
    • MA (joint degree) Latin American studies and journalism (New York University)
    • BA international studies (American University)
  • Awards and Professional affiliations
    • Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist
    • Certified Spanish-English translator
    • International Anti-Corruption Academy, summer institute (Laxenburg, Austria)
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