Felipe,?a Brazilian national, joined the Sanctions Board Secretariat as Counsel in January 2018. Prior to this role, Felipe worked at the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed in Washington, D.C. and Paris, where he represented multinational corporations on anti-corruption matters; managed and performed integrity due diligence reviews across a variety of industries; provided risk-based advice on cross-country business operations under domestic and global integrity standards; and conducted complex field missions and corporate investigations in Latin America and Africa. Before joining this law firm, Felipe served as Chief of Division in the Consumer Protection Bureau of Brazil¡¯s Ministry of Justice, where his responsibilities included advising on the negotiation of international agreements within the Organization of American States and MERCOSUR. Felipe holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, with highest honors, from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. Felipe is licensed to practice law in Brazil, New York, and Washington, D.C. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.