Rubi Palmieri is a solicitor at Fulcrum Chambers specialising in complex commercial litigation and arbitration (both domestic and international), white-collar crime defence, regulatory and compliance, and internal investigations.
She has experience working both in private practice (for Magic and Silver Circle firms) and in-house. Before joining Fulcrum, Rubi worked for a Chinese conglomerate operating in the telecoms, ports, infrastructure and retail sectors.
Prior to relocating to the UK in 2013, Rubi was an Associate in a well-regarded law firm in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she worked in several high-profile arbitration cases involving multinational corporations operating in the construction, energy and automotive sectors.
She has a First Class degree in Law and an LLM in International Dispute Resolution.
Rubi was for over 15 years in the Brazil women’s national Water Polo Team. She represented the country in three World Championships in Australia, Japan, and Spain. Rubi won four consecutive gold medals in the South American Games, and a bronze medal in the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Rubi has experience of conducting internal investigations, as well as advising and representing clients under investigation by the SFO and DoJ. She has been involved in some of the most complex and high-profile corporate investigations and prosecutions brought by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has experience in defending asset detention and forfeiture applications.
Recent significant experience includes defending a cash forfeiture application in the context of an investigation by the SFO into allegations of corruption, fraud, and money laundering.
Rubi has experience advising clients on investigations and prosecutions. She has been involved in some of the most complex and high-profile corporate investigations and prosecutions brought by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has been involved in some of the most complex and high-profile corporate investigations and prosecutions brought by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has experience of advising clients in relation to Judicial Review applications.
She recently secured the adjournment of a forfeiture application by the SFO for a senior individual currently under criminal investigation by the SFO.
Rubi has experience of representing clients under investigation for money laundering.
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has experience advising clients in relation to sanctions breaches. Relevant experience includes:
Rubi conducts investigations and provides advice in relation to the offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion.
Recent significant experience includes:
Rubi has experience in conducting internal investigations for multinational clients in various areas, including into allegations of sanctions breaches, bribery and corruption, and fraud. Her experience also includes investigations involving the SFO and US Department of Justice (DoJ).
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi carries out internal investigations in relation to the offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion.
Significant recent experience includes an internal investigation for an AIM client into concerns that there had been failures to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion.
She also regularly advises on compliance issues relation to the same offence.
Rubi has experience of conducting internal investigations for multinational clients in various areas, including into allegations of sanctions breaches, bribery and corruption, and fraud. Her experience also includes providing advice in relation to specific transactions, designing and implementing compliance programs, and managing relationships with regulators.
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has an interest in the use of technology in internal investigations and the use of it to conduct remote investigations. She has experience of conducting internal investigations remotely either in whole or in part and has also written and delivered training on the topic.
Recent significant experience includes:
Rubi has experience advising companies under investigation by regulatory bodies, including the SFO and the DoJ.
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has experience advising clients on general compliance and governance matters, including devising tailor-made compliance programmes, with particular focus on the UK Bribery Act and the Criminal Finances Act, and the US FCPA.
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has advised and represented clients operating in the oil and gas, automotive, and construction sectors in relation to high-value international arbitration and commercial disputes.
Significant recent experience includes:
Rubi has significant experience in the extractives sector, having represented mining and oil & gas companies, as well as senior executives, in relation to some of the largest SFO investigations in that sector, including ENRC. She also regularly advising clients on compliance issues, including in relation to money laundering, bribery and corruption, and sanctions. In addition to his white-collar work, Rubi also has experience in representing extractives companies in arbitration.
Significant recent experience in the sector includes:
Rubi has represented and acted for a number of large, global mining companies, as well as senior mining executives on a wide variety of matters ranging from SFO investigations into bribery and corruption, internal investigations, and sanctions advice. She has particular experience of working with clients in the mining sector in Africa.
Rubi advises clients in the oil and gas sector. Recent experience includes advising an oil & gas company in a high-profile, multi-million US dollar arbitration under the ICC rules against a state-owned company in the Caribbean.
Rubi has experience advising companies in the engineering, infrastructure, and transport sectors, including:
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