Anaïs Poplin-Svetlova focuses her practice on labor and employment law, advising both French and international clients on a wide range of individual and collective employment matters.

Anaïs represents clients before French labor courts.

Her experience includes both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, as well as audits of companies and corporate groups. She has also supported HR departments on complex individual cases, post-acquisition workforce integration, the delivery of employment law training programs and implementation of internal social policies.

In addition, she has contributed to restructuring projects, internal investigations, and employment-related compliance initiatives, including the deployment of AI solutions within HR departments.

Emica Kim focuses her practice on healthcare and life sciences matters.

While in law school, Emica served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and articles editor for the University of Illinois Law Review.

Prior to law school, Emica worked in post-market surveillance for a medical device company, where she gained experience with aspects of FDA regulation of medical devices. Emica draws upon the strengths of this experience in counseling healthcare and life sciences clients.

Suzanne Golshanara focuses her practice on US and international tax matters.

Audrey McQuade focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and cross-border asset recovery matters, with particular experience unwinding fraudulent schemes and offshore asset-protection structures. She defends clients against class actions under state consumer protection laws and advises Fortune 500 companies in resolving commercial disputes through negotiation and alternative dispute resolution. Audrey also represents clients in False Claims Act investigations, where she manages large-scale discovery, prepares witnesses for critical interviews, and provides strategic guidance in navigating settlement negotiations.

Committed to meaningful pro bono work, Audrey has advocated for asylum seekers before immigration courts and successfully represented a domestic violence survivor by securing a lasting protective order.

• First Literacy, associate board member

Inès Lamarti focuses her practice on white collar crime and in particular on anti-corruption measures and the French law on the duty of care.

She has a strong background in criminal, civil law, as well as AML/CFT analysis

Prior to qualification, she served within the Investigation Chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal, and also gained significant compliance experience at a public financial institution where she supported ACPR compliance matters, helped structure intervention doctrines for existing and future consignments and specialized deposits, and worked closely with legal teams responsible for compliance and internal controls.