Ms Stephanie Brown Cripps > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
601 LEXINGTON AVENUE
31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Counsel

Career

Stephanie advises clients in connection with US economic sanctions, export and defense trade controls, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and US anti-money laundering law.

Her experience also includes cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, venture capital and general corporate governance.

Stephanie earned her JD at the New York University School of Law where she was an editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics. She received her BA, magna cum laude, from Yale University. She is currently a Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee of the Section of International Law and an active member of the OFAC Practitioners Group.

Languages

English, French and Italian

Memberships

  • Member, OFAC Practitioners Group

Education

  • JD, New York University School of Law
  • MA, Text and Performance Studies, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and King’s College London
  • BA, Comparative Literature, magna cum laude, Yale University

Lawyer Rankings

United States > International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions

(Rising stars)

Stephanie Brown CrippsFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s multidisciplinary practice is distinguished by its ability to resource complex regulatory, transactional and litigation work within one team. Washington DC-based department co-chair Nabeel Yousef routinely engages with government agencies on sanctions, export control, and anti-corruption matters; he recently advised BT on regulatory compliance issues, with a focus on the Commerce Department’s Entity List restrictions on Huawei. Litigator Kimberly Zelnick co-chairs the department from New York, and is noted for her financial institutions expertise. New York-based counsel Stephanie Brown Cripps brings to bear strong transactional experience.