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Ana Frischtak
Lawyer
São Paulo
Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek 1600 Conjunto 112, Itaim Bibi
São Paulo-SP, 04543-000
Brazil
+55 11 4933 1602
São Paulo
Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek 1600 Conjunto 112, Itaim Bibi
São Paulo-SP, 04543-000
Brazil
+55 11 4933 1602

Ana Frischtak focuses her practice on cross-border disputes involving the U.S. and Latin American jurisdictions. She has extensive experience representing multinational companies and their executives in high-stakes cross-border government enforcement defense matters, particularly those related to bribery, corruption and securities fraud. Ms. Frischtak also deals with complex and multi-jurisdictional insolvency matters.

Ms. Frischtak has experience in matters involving bribery; corruption and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); antitrust law; securities fraud; and other alleged misconduct with a nexus to Brazil and Latin America. She also has experience in disputes involving investor-state arbitration and international trade, as well as investigations brought by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Before joining Kobre & Kim, Ms. Frischtak practiced at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP as special counsel. She also practiced at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, where she focused on white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations and international arbitrations. She clerked for the Honorable Garland E. Burrell Jr., Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of California.

Admissions

  • São Paulo, Brazil, Foreign Legal Consultant
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Foreign Legal Consultant
  • New York
  • Washington DC
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, JD, cum laude (Michigan Journal of International Law, Contributing Editor)
  • Cornell University, BA, magna cum laude

Languages

  • Portuguese

Clerkships

  • Honorable Garland E. Burrell Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (2006-2007)

Accolades

  • São Paulo Arbitration Week, “Brazilians Who Have Made a Difference Abroad” (2020)

 

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Former Action Board member of GOSO (Getting Out and Staying Out), a Harlem-based organization that helps formerly incarcerated young men avoid recidivism by facilitating educational and employment opportunities.

Publications & Presentations

  • Co-author, “The 2020 FCPA Resource Guide Update: A Window into Today’s Enforcement of the FCPA” (Compliance & Enforcement, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement at New York University School of Law, July 2020)
  • Co-author, “With Lava Jato Closing Up Shop, What Comes Next?” (Compliance & Enforcement, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement at New York University School of Law, February 2020)
  • Co-author, “International Investment Agreements: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Preferential Trade Agreements, and the WTO” (Handbook of Trade Policy Development, October 2013)
  • Co-author, “Brazil Enacts Long-Pending Anti-Corruption Legislation” (FCPA Update, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, August 2013)
  • Author, South Sudan’s EAC Accession: Legal Obligations and Negotiating Options (International Growth Centre, January 2013)
  • Author, “Balancing Judicial Economy, Due Process and State Opportunism Concerns in the WTO” (Michigan Journal of International Law, Spring 2005)
  • Co-author, Regional Trade Arrangements in East Asia (World Bank, September 2003)

Credentials

Admissions

  • São Paulo, Brazil, Foreign Legal Consultant
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Foreign Legal Consultant
  • New York
  • Washington DC
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, JD, cum laude (Michigan Journal of International Law, Contributing Editor)
  • Cornell University, BA, magna cum laude

Languages

  • Portuguese

Clerkships

  • Honorable Garland E. Burrell Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (2006-2007)

Accolades

  • São Paulo Arbitration Week, “Brazilians Who Have Made a Difference Abroad” (2020)

News

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Former Action Board member of GOSO (Getting Out and Staying Out), a Harlem-based organization that helps formerly incarcerated young men avoid recidivism by facilitating educational and employment opportunities.

Publications & Presentations

  • Co-author, “The 2020 FCPA Resource Guide Update: A Window into Today’s Enforcement of the FCPA” (Compliance & Enforcement, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement at New York University School of Law, July 2020)
  • Co-author, “With Lava Jato Closing Up Shop, What Comes Next?” (Compliance & Enforcement, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement at New York University School of Law, February 2020)
  • Co-author, “International Investment Agreements: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Preferential Trade Agreements, and the WTO” (Handbook of Trade Policy Development, October 2013)
  • Co-author, “Brazil Enacts Long-Pending Anti-Corruption Legislation” (FCPA Update, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, August 2013)
  • Author, South Sudan’s EAC Accession: Legal Obligations and Negotiating Options (International Growth Centre, January 2013)
  • Author, “Balancing Judicial Economy, Due Process and State Opportunism Concerns in the WTO” (Michigan Journal of International Law, Spring 2005)
  • Co-author, Regional Trade Arrangements in East Asia (World Bank, September 2003)