1. What inspired you to pursue a law career? 

I was less drawn to law in the abstract and more to the kind of work it allows you to do — untangling complicated situations where the facts aren't obvious and the stakes are real.

2. Why did you choose the areas of law that you practice? 

Asset recovery and financial fraud work felt like a natural fit because it's part legal analysis and part investigation. It takes problem solving to a new level: you're reconstructing stories from incomplete information, often against the odds. Beyond that, the work is inherently cross-border, which blends my passions for languages and the law into one.

3. What skills do you draw upon when it comes to your specific practice areas? 

At the forefront of the skills I draw on for asset recovery and financial fraud matters is curiosity, along with being comfortable with the unknown. Navigating the unknown in a way that is calculated and driven by a desire to unravel what really happened is essential to crafting a plan — and to deviating from that plan when the situation calls for it.

4. What is the most rewarding part about your job? 

The most rewarding part of my job is getting clarity — or rather, fighting to uncover clarity where there initially wasn't any. It's the moment when something that looked opaque starts to make sense, and you can actually do something with that understanding.

5. Tell us about a mentor who made an impact on your career. 

One of my many mentors taught me, through action and inaction, that in order to grow, you have to be willing to be wrong and even more willing to be corrected.

6. If you weren't practicing law, what would you be doing? 

Given my love of languages, I would probably be an interpreter and/or translator.

7. What might people be surprised to learn about you? 

I have lived in Spain, Brazil, and Italy, and I speak Spanish and Portuguese fluently.

8. What is a good book or article you read recently? 

O beijo do rio by Stefano Volp.