Svetlana M. Eisenberg is joining Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors as Partner in the New York office. She is an experienced litigator with substantial experience prosecuting investment fraud, defending allegations of securities fraud, and conducting corporate internal investigations.
Ms. Eisenberg previously worked as law clerk to the Hon. Michael E. Wiles, U.S. bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York, and was an Assistant U.S. Attorney, General Crimes Unit, District of New Jersey. Prior to that, she was Associate General Counsel to HSBC Holdings in New York, where she investigated potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She began her legal career as an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP.
Fluent in Russian, Ms. Eisenberg earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Bennington College and holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. While in law school, she was editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Journal Annual Review of Criminal Procedure and was awarded a Medal of Excellence from the American Bankruptcy Institute.