Isabel Lecompte

Isabel Lecompte

Of Counsel
About

Isabel Lecompte is a highly skilled investigations attorney with over ten years of experience in designing, managing, and successfully concluding high-stakes cross-border corporate internal investigations involving the healthcare, life sciences, energy, and financial sectors. She represents publicly traded companies, financial institutions, and senior executives in Puerto Rico and throughout Latin America.

Isabel often serves as counsel in cases involving allegations of fraud, bribery, money laundering, sanctions violations, embezzlement, procurement irregularities, anti-kickback violations, false claims, antitrust violations, and other forms of misconduct under federal statutes as well as similar local laws and regulations.

Isabel also defends individuals and corporations in civil and administrative proceedings, including complex commercial litigation and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrations.

She offers her clients comprehensive strategic support from the initial allegation to the final resolution. Isabel is fluent in English and Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.

She currently serves as the Secretary for the Puerto Rico Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, having previously held the position of Director. She is also a member Women's White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA).

Bar admissionsPuerto RicoFlorida
CourtsUnited States District Court for the District of Puerto RicoUnited States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

EXPERIENCE

  • Participated in over fifty corporate internal investigations related to the healthcare sector and potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations across Latin America (Puerto Rico, Central, and South America), including publicly traded companies
  • Advised and represented witnesses, targets, individual, and corporate defendants through criminal proceedings (Grand Jury investigations, subpoenas, trial, etc.)
  • Provided compliance and regulatory advice to companies in the financial and health sectors
  • Litigated Law 75 (Puerto Rico Franchise Law), collection of monies, contract disputes, and insurance matters
  • Participated in various high profile criminal defenses involving charges of public corruption, bribery, and fraud
  • Represented brokerage firms in FINRA securities arbitrations
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese

Pro Bono

  • Assistance to a community-based non-profit with federal and contract compliance
  • Conducted a seminar and assisted in applying to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic
Education
  • J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2011
  • B.A., International Relations with History, Wellesley College, 2008

Publications

  • Author, "A heightened standard for bribery charges involving campaign contributions?," From the Bar (Puerto Rico Federal Bar Association Chapter), Issue No. 61, 10-13, Summer 2022
  • Author, "Virtual Currency Activities and Money Service Businesses (MSBs)," From the Bar (Puerto Rico Federal Bar Association Chapter), Issue No. 61, 14-18, Summer 2022
  • Author, "Emergency room care during COVID-19, The New Day, April 14, 2020

Media Mentions

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper, Isabel worked for a law firm specializing in white-collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, and civil litigation matters. Isabel also worked in the litigation department of the largest law firm in Puerto Rico.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
  • Women's White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA)
  • Director, Puerto Rico Federal Bar Association - Hon. Raymond L. Acosta Chapter, (2023 – 2024)