Tamara Kraljic

Tamara Kraljic is counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, where she works principally with the Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice group. She advises clients in matters involving the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act, corporate governance and securities laws. Tamara has successfully represented clients in litigation proceedings before US state courts and international institutions such as the World Bank Group and assisted clients in resolution efforts with various national enforcement agencies, including the US Department of Justice, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the UK Serious Fraud Office and the French Parquet National Financier. Tamara has extensive experience in conducting global compliance risk assessments, internal investigations and business partner reviews for her clients’ operations in Europe, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. She has also led extensive anti-corruption compliance due diligence in the mergers & acquisitions context. 

Before joining Hughes Hubbard, Tamara was an associate in the international arbitration practice group of a major international law firm in Paris, France where she worked on a range of commercial and investment arbitration matters with a particular focus on the energy sector. Tamara also worked as a fundraiser at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, in Geneva, Switzerland.  

Tamara is part of Hughes Hubbard’s Recruiting and Pro Bono Committees. She was also part of the firm’s Associates Committee (DC Office Senior Associate Representative).

• Current representation of a major multinational oil and gas company in connection with extensive internal investigation and anti-corruption compliance audit work, including in context of multi-billion mergers & acquisitions
• Representation of a major multinational engineering and construction company for company-wide anti-corruption risk assessment  and design and implementation of anti-corruption compliance program, including multi-day anti-corruption trainings and workshops
• Conducted global anti-corruption compliance reviews on behalf of the Corporate Compliance Monitor appointed by the US Department of Justice, the US Securities & Exchange Commission, and the UK Serious Fraud Office for a multinational specialty chemical manufacturer
• Counseled publicly traded companies in mergers & acquisitions context on compliance assessment of target company’s business partner network
• Representation of a major multinational financial services company for assessment

• Successful representation of Texas-based oil & gas corporation in common law fraud case before the Delaware Superior Court
• Representation of Delaware-incorporated company in adversary proceedings brought against it in Arizona Bankruptcy Court
• Representation of clients in a range of international commercial and investment disputes in the construction, telecommunications and oil and gas industries