Alexandre Rene is a partner with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and divides his time between the firm's London and Washington, D.C. offices. Alex's practice focuses on litigation, as well as white-collar criminal and corporate compliance matters. During his legal career, Alex has tried numerous cases in federal and state courts throughout the U.S.

While in private practice, Alex has extensive experience in representing corporate entities, their executives and employees, as well as individuals, in connection with grand jury investigations, white collar crime criminal prosecutions and criminal antitrust investigations and prosecutions.  He also has experience representing business entities and executives in such civil matters as breach of contracts, tortious interference of business relationships, business conspiracy, fraud, criminal conversion and forum non conveniens.

Prior to private practice, Alex was a trial attorney in the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section.  While at the Department of Justice, Alex investigated and prosecuted white collar matters ranging from obstruction of justice and campaign finance fraud to procurement fraud and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. While on the Corporate Fraud Task Force, Alex successfully obtained guilty pleas from seven major athletic apparel companies' former executives.

He previously worked for four years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia where he prosecuted and tried complex cases in Homicide/Major Crimes, Felony Trial, Grand Jury and Misdemeanor sections.  He started his career as an Assistant State Attorney trying felony cases and acting as an instructor in a basic training program at the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office.

• Led nine-month internal investigation of a major public corporation as a result of a “Second Request” of a proposed merger
• Represented Senior Vice President/Controller of major cable company in connection with dual investigations by the United States Attorney’s Office and the Securities and Exchange Commission
• Supervised pro bono application for asylum and withholding of removal of a Sierra Leonean before the Bureau of Immigration and Custom Enforcement

• Co-Author with Richard Smith, John Kelly, Anne Elkins Murray, "Importance of Effective Anit-Corruption Programmes," International Law Office - White Collar Crime USA, 9 November 2009
• Co-Author, "Valuable U.S./U.K. Cooperation," International Financial Law Review, April 1, 2009
• Co-Author with Antony Corsi, William B. Jacobson, Richard C. Smith and Ian Pegram, "The Draft Bribery Bill – The Next Significant Step in the UK Government’s Fight Against Bribery and Corruption," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, March 27, 2009
• Co-Author with Lista Cannon and William B. Jacobson, "Nowhere to Hide: The UK's Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Laws is Long Overdue," New Law Journal, February 20, 2009
• "Corruption and the SFO: Enforcement Practices," Legal Week, February 12, 2009
• Co-Author with Chris Warren-Smith and Jehan-Philippe Wood, "FSA Joins the Enforcement Party in Landmark Financial Crime Action," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, January 2009
• Co-Author with William Jacobson and Lista Cannon, "Two Recent Cases Show UK is Active in Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Laws," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, October 2008
• Co-Author, “Honest Services Fraud - Not Just For Public Officials Anymore (Part II),” American Bar Association Trial Practice Journal, Winter 2008
• Co-Author, “Honest Services Fraud - Not Just For Public Officials Anymore (Part I) ,” American Bar Association Trial Practice Journal, Fall 2007

• Moderator, "Government and Internal Investigations:  Be Prepared When the Government Comes Knocking," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and Association of Corporate Counsel Europe evening seminar, Paris,  November 19, 2008 and London, November 20, 2008
• Co-panelist, "Emerging Issues Under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., New York, New York, April 14, 2008
• Co-panelist, "Compliance Challenges: the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and Trace International breakfast seminar, Denver, Colorado, February 28, 2008
• Co-panelist, "Compliance Challenges:  the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and Trace International breakfast seminar, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 11, 2007

1995 - J.D., University of Maryland School of Law
1991 - B.A., Criminal Justice, University of Maryland

Alex is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Florida, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Maryland and before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.