Giselle Guerra handles business disputes and internal investigations for her clients, and represents them in general commercial, white collar and energy-related litigation. Her clients are engaged in matters in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels.
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Giselle worked for the US Attorney’s Office where she first-chaired various trials, pre-trial hearings and conferences, motions hearings and sentencing hearings.
Giselle has worked on domestic and international matters with federal law enforcement and investigative agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, and the US Marshals Service.
Giselle has experience representing clients in matters concerning professional malpractice and negligence, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related anti-bribery laws, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and various business torts and contracts matters.
Experience
Represented a financial services firm in breach of contract action against a large construction company and individual.
Publications
Legal Alerts
Corrupt but not criminal: US Supreme Court tosses Bridgegate convictions (May 14, 2020)
Corrupt? Yes. An abuse of power? Yes. But criminal? Not quite. On May 7, 2020, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned the convictions of two former New Jersey public officials responsible for ...
Hoskins escapes FCPA convictions while money laundering convictions remain (March 4, 2020)
On February 26, 2020, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut reinforced the Second Circuit’s recent decision to limit prosecutors’ ability to pursue Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ...
Legal Alert: DOJ further aligns Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Policy with FCPA enforcement practices (January 14, 2020)
On December 13, 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a revised Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (Revised EC/S Policy),1 clarifying its prior ...
The CLOUD Act - A cross-border data access agreement rises from the fog (October 23, 2019)
In collaboration with Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Emma Gordon and Laura Dunseath .
On October 3, 2019, the United States and the United Kingdom entered into the world’s first ever agreement (the Agreement) under the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (the CLOUD Act), the ...
Texas bans large vessels from Houston Ship Channel, appoints new traffic cop (August 13, 2019)
Introduction & Background On September 1, 2019, any vessel larger than 1,100 feet will no longer have open access to the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) absent approval by the newly authorized and ...
Legal Alert: FinCEN demystifies risk-focused Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering supervision (July 29, 2019)
Last week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and its regulatory partners issued a joint statement in an effort to increase transparency around risk-focused Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money ...
Legal Alert: Rethinking internal investigation interviews conducted under DOJ direction (May 14, 2019)
On May 2, a federal district court judge minced no words in castigating the Government for effectively “outsourcing” its investigation into whether a bank manipulated the London Inter-Bank Offered ...
Legal Alert: DOJ updates guidance on its evaluation of corporate compliance programs (May 8, 2019)
Last week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released its updated guidance on how prosecutors should evaluate corporate compliance programs.1 The revised guidance reiterates and expands on the ...
Russian telecom giant to pay record-breaking penalty for FCPA violations (March 12, 2019)
On March 6, 2019, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS) consented to pay an $850 million sanction-the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) criminal penalty ever paid to the United States-and to a ...
Articles
FCPA enforcement: Drilling down on declinations, hefty fines, disgorgements, and monitors (Summer 2019)
Partnering Perspectives
Recent FCPA enforcements-with their declinations, record-setting criminal penalties, disgorgements, and independent compliance monitors-are instructive in helping companies navigate that landscape, ...
Newsletters
Partnering Perspectives: Insights from Inside and Outside the Corporate Law Department (Summer 2019)
We are pleased to present the Summer 2019 edition of Partnering Perspectives. In this issue, we take a forward look at emerging developments impacting our clients and focus on a number of hot topics, ...
