Rachel focuses her practice on corporate matters, providing practical counsel to clients on a range of business and transactional needs. As part of the firm’s Israel Practice, she advises Israel-related companies, from emerging startups to established industry leaders, on their U.S. legal needs, including company formation, corporate governance, financings, commercial transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Rachel also draws on her background in international trade, sanctions and export controls, and government investigations to help cross-border clients navigate the regulatory and compliance issues that arise when doing business in the United States.
Before joining the firm, Rachel was an associate at an international law firm, where she practiced in the international trade and white collar and regulatory enforcement groups. She advised clients ranging from startups to multinational corporations on international trade regulatory matters, including sanctions compliance, export controls, and customs issues such as tariff classification, country-of-origin rules, and trade remedies. Rachel also counseled companies and corporate executives in government investigations and regulatory inquiries involving fraud- and trade-related compliance matters. She conducted internal investigations and represented clients in agency and court proceedings.
Rachel earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Tulane University. During college and law school, Rachel gained valuable experience as an intern with the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and the Criminal Justice Division of the New York State Office of the Attorney General. She also served as an extern with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a law clerk with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program.
Rachel is a native Russian speaker and is fluent in Hebrew.