7/29/2019 Caribbean Conference on Business Forensics 2013 BIO
BRIGIDA BENITEZ
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GLOBAL EXPERT SYSTEMS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR CONFERENCE
SPEAKER
BRIGIDA BENITEZDC SUPER LAWYER | LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN
EXPERT| LAW PROFESSOR
Brigida Benitez is a partner in Steptoes Washington office,
andfocuses on global dispute resolution, internal investigations,
andcompliance matters. She has extensive experiencerepresenting
clients in complex commercial disputes andbusiness controversies,
including litigation and arbitration, andinternal corporate
investigations. She also advises clients onUS and international
anti-corruption laws and regulations,including the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (FCPA) andregulations of Multilateral Development
Banks.
Ms. Benitez has been cited by DC Super Lawyersfor her workin
civil litigation defense, and Hispanic Businessmagazine has named
her a Woman of the Year and one of the100 most influential US
Hispanics. Additionally, Ms. Benitez was a key member of the team
representing theUniversity of Michigan in a landmark victory for
diversity in higher education before the US Supreme Court.
Prior to joining Steptoe, Ms. Benitez was Chief of the Office of
Institutional Integrity of the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank
(IDB), heading the office responsible for investigating all
potential fraud and corruption in IDB-financed activities, and
implementing programs designed to detect and prevent fraud, as well
as engaging incompliance activities and outreach on
integrity-related issues. As a member of the senior management
team, Ms.Benitez reported to the IDB president and to the Audit
Committee of the Board of Executive Directors, overseeing astaff of
attorneys, auditors and other professionals. Her work covered the
IDBs 26 country offices in Latin Americaand the Caribbean, and she
implemented procedures on a number of compliance issues, including
integrity duediligence, offshore financial centers and OFAC. She
also collaborated with individuals and organizations
throughoutLatin America and worked closely with leading
international financial institutions to harmonize the IDBs
investigativeprocesses and sanctions procedures.
Ms. Benitez is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown
University Law Center, where she teaches a course oninternational
litigation and federal practice.
Brigida Benitez will be joined by other international and
regional forensics experts. Dont miss it!
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