Clients call on Bruchou & Funes de Rioja for support on the implementation of bespoke compliance programmes and legal and regulatory corporate risk mitigation strategies. The practice also has extensive expertise handling internal investigations and associated litigation, white-collar crime and compliance training. Veteran anti-corruption practitioner Guillermo Jorge, who is particularly well-regarded for his specialist asset recovery expertise, leads the practice with criminal law and anti-bribery partner Fernando Felipe Basch another key senior name. At associate level, specialist semi-senior Guido Valeriani is noted; former fellow semi-senior Manú Hersch García moved in house at Mercado Libre in March 2023

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Key clients

Vicentin’s international financial creditors steering Committee
Fraud against the estate of K family
Equinor
Petrobras’ former independent board members
Barrick Gold Corporation
Genneia
Independent Ship Agents
Maritime Anticorruption Network
RPB – Baggio
Gridexponential

Work highlights

Advised members of the steering committee of international lenders to Vicentin on litigation proceedings aimed at improving their position as creditors in the restructuring process.
Conducted a transnational investigation and asset tracing strategy to help RPB–Baggio recover losses after suffering a fraud.
Conducted biotech startup developer GridX’s first-ever anti-corruption and anti-money laundering risk assessment, as well as advising on the implementation of its governance, risk and compliance programmes.