Giselle Sedano

Anti-Corruption and International Risk

• Leads internal investigations across Latin America, Asia and Europe into allegations of bribery of foreign public officials and counsels client leaders on resolutions.
• Advises private equity firms and their portfolio companies on global anti-corruption laws and sanctions and anti-money laundering due diligence in connection with investments in the (i) gaming and leisure sector; (ii) defense, civil explosives and chemical sectors; (iii) mining industry; (iv) securities and financial space; and (v) telecommunications industry in high-risk jurisdictions around the world, including in Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Mexico, Panama and Peru.
• Represented leading publicly traded U.S. multinational private equity firm on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering due diligence in connection with its estimated €2 billion acquisition of Spain’s largest gaming operator and its related assets, comprising casinos, bingo halls, slot machines and arcades, and online sports betting points across Spain, Italy and Latin America.
• Represented C-suite of Canadian U.S.-listed company in SEC FCPA investigation into Chinese corruption allegations.
• Represented Italian national in relation to criminal investigation commenced by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office and potential SEC purview.

Government and Internal Investigations

• Investigates cross-border tax evasion-related allegations on behalf of major financial institutions and coordinates responses to U.S. and foreign regulatory agencies.
• Represented a global medical technologies company in an investigation into potential kickback and cartel-related conduct by one of its Mexican distributors.
• Conducted an internal investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct by the CEO of a global manufacturing company.
• Advised publicly traded international telecommunications and media company in internal investigation related to alleged bribery and corruption violations by its Paraguay business operations.
• Represented Fortune 500 healthcare company in investigation into alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act.

Compliance Officer, Fortress Investment Group, July 2009–September 2017

Summer Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP, 2016

Represents Spanish-speaking clients, whose countries of origin include El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru, seeking U.S. citizenship and U.S. permanent resident status via the USCIS application process.

Volunteered at Port Isabel Detention Center at the U.S.-Mexico border to provide detainee intake assistance, prepare detainees for their asylum interviews and immigration proceedings, stay deportation proceedings pending reunification, and provide resources to reconnect and reunite immigrant parents with their children, who had been separated under the U.S. government’s “zero-tolerance policy.”