Victor is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s New York office. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation and cross-border internal and government-facing investigations, with particular experience in matters involving Latin America.

Victor has experience representing government contractors, financial institutions, and multinational companies in consumer and shareholder class actions, complex commercial disputes, mediations, and government investigations (including enforcement actions led by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Federal Reserve, among others). He has represented clients before federal and state courts.  

Victor also maintains an active pro bono practice, which has included matters related to asylum applications, naturalization, civil and LGBTQ+ rights, and a federal jury trial in the Eastern District of New York.

As a student at Columbia Law School, Victor was the recipient of the Allan Morrow Sexuality and Gender Law Prize, a 2018 Catalyst Public Service Fellow, and an Equal Justice America Fellow. He was also the executive editor and submissions editor of the Journal of Gender and Law. Victor also had an externship with Chief Judge Dora Irizarry in the Eastern District of New York.

Victor received his B.A., cum laude, in government and legal studies from Claremont McKenna College and his J.D. from Columbia Law School. He is fluent in Spanish.

Representative Experience

Commercial Litigation

• A major government contractor in a class action and individual cases alleging environmental contamination and toxic torts in excess of $1 billion, which included advising the client on related regulatory issues.

• A state-owned bank in securing a motion to dismiss in a civil action where plaintiffs sought over $1 billion from the bank related to allegations of fraudulent conveyance.
• A multinational company in commercial transnational and domestic litigation.
• A multinational manufacturing company in a breach of contract claim.

Internal and Government-Facing Investigations

• A multinational company in an SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation involving conduct in Latin America related to our client’s business relationship with a company that was subsequently involved in a government corruption scandal. The SEC declined to prosecute our client.
• Two former executives of a Nasdaq-traded company in SEC and internal investigations and in Delaware Court of Chancery litigation.
• A multinational company in an internal investigation concerning Food and Drug Administration clinical trials and senior employee misconduct.
• A special purpose acquisition company before an SEC investigation concerning registration statement disclosures. The SEC declined to prosecute our client.