Beneva Davies-Nyandebo
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Beneva Davies-Nyandebo is an associate on the Regulation, Investigations, Securities and Compliance team in Norton Rose Fulbright's Washington, DC Office. She has a broad range of education and experience in the public and private sectors. Her practice focuses on cross-border government and internal investigations, including investigations related to anticorruption laws such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), securities laws, financial fraud, and international trade laws, sanctions and export controls. Her practice also involves white collar criminal defense, building and reviewing compliance programs, and other regulatory matters.
Beneva was previously an associate on the Project Finance team of the firm, representing lenders, including bilateral and multilateral development finance agencies, and borrowers in structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing domestic and international project financings.
Prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright, Beneva gained experience investigating allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination in Boston public schools. She also worked for a global human rights organization, monitoring human rights violations in the supply chains of various industries worldwide and for an early-stage solar company, located in West Africa, as a Supply Chain and Project Manager, working from Guangzhou, China. She also worked for the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Hague and served as a Youth Representative to the United Nations.
Beneva is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia.
Professional experience
Collapse allCertificate in World Trade Organization (WTO) & International Trade, Georgetown University Law Center, 2021
JD, pro bono honoree, Georgetown University Law Center, 2021
BA, Political Science/Social Justice and Global Development, Brandeis University, 2013
International Law and Legal Studies, Leiden Law School, 2013
In law school, Beneva was an International Economic Law Fellow, Human Rights Associate, and Reactions Editor for The Georgetown Law Journal - Modern Critical Race Perspectives. She also served as President of the Georgetown African Lawyers Association, the Georgetown Law and International Development Society, and the Georgetown International Trade Law Society.
- District of Columbia Bar