Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Kara Brockmeyer is a litigation partner whose practice focuses on representing companies and individuals in anti-corruption, fraud and related government investigations and internal investigations, as well as advising on deal due diligence and compliance matters.

Ms. Brockmeyer is the immediate-past Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit where she directed a nationwide team of attorneys and forensic accountants investigating violations of the FCPA, including anti-bribery, books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities law. Her practice focuses on representing companies and individuals in anti-corruption, fraud and related government investigations and internal corporate investigations, as well as advising on compliance issues.

Over a seventeen-year career at the SEC, including five years as an assistant director, Ms. Brockmeyer led and personally conducted major investigations in all areas of SEC enforcement, including financial reporting, broker-dealer and investment adviser violations and insider trading. She was also the founder and co-head of the division’s Cross-Border Working Group, an interdisciplinary group focused on addressing accounting fraud by companies based overseas.