Kimberly’s practice focuses on government enforcement, internal investigations, and civil litigation, regularly representing international and domestic clients in the education, medical, life sciences, biotech, consumer goods, financial services, and energy industries. Kimberly also advises clients on compliance with international anti-bribery/anti-corruption laws and anti-money laundering laws in connection with sensitive corporate and individual government enforcement representations, transactional due diligence, and post-transaction compliance monitoring.
Kimberly joined Ropes & Gray after clerkships with the Honorable William G. Young (U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts) and the Honorable Valerie M. Yarashus (Massachusetts Superior Court). At Harvard Law School, Kimberly served as president of the First-Generation Student Organization and La Alianza. Through a collaboration between Harvard Law School and the National Education Equity Lab, she also taught summer courses introducing low-income high school students to the legal field and volunteered with Massachusetts Advocates for Children, assisting mothers with disabled children throughout the pandemic.
Experience
Individuals
- Represented an executive of a Europe-based oil field equipment supplier in a DOJ investigation into potential FCPA violations in Mexico and other countries in Latin America.
Corporate Governance
- Advised university adjoining board on internal governance compliance structures and methods.
Government Enforcement and Investigations
- Advising Latin American financial institution in connection with federal grand jury investigation into alleged public corruption involving member of U.S. Congress.
- Represents private equity and investment management clients in SEC investigations and compliance matters including matters relating to fiduciary duty issues arising out of their receipt of fees and payment of certain expenses, as well as disclosures related to conflicts of interests.
- Represents various international pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in numerous investigations into alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Europe and Latin America.
- Conducts pre-acquisition and post-acquisition monitoring of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions, and export controls compliance due diligence for private equity firms operating in high-risk jurisdictions across Europe and Latin America.
- Representation of biotechnology company in discovery.
Litigation
- Represents directors and stockholders of global shipping company in litigation concerning super-voting stock issuance in New York state court, securing dismissal of claims against the client on personal jurisdiction grounds.
Pro Bono
- Regularly counsels clients in juvenile immigration proceedings bringing to the table essential Spanish language support and application representation.
- Representing civil rights organization in connection to Government FOIA requests.