Randy Bregman

Randy Bregman is a Senior Counsel focusing on Compliance Law. He has focused his practice on the former Soviet Union region and Eastern Europe for forty years, with significant experience in corporate, policy, anti-corruption, sanctions and trade matters.

He advises Western clients and clients in the region across a diverse range of industries, including banking and finance, oil, steel, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and consumer goods, and has supervised litigation and administrative disputes in the former Soviet Union. He has advised US and European companies and NGOs on human rights and anti-corruption issues for more than fifteen years, and has designed due diligence checklists and training programs for financial institutions.

Working closely with Human Rights First, he has reviewed and revised submissions for Global Magnitsky human rights abuse sanctions and, more recently, sanctions against military officers for abuses in Ukraine. He has also represented pro bono clients in asylum and resettlement matters.

In 2021, Randy received Human Rights First's inaugural "Global Accountability Guardian Award". He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law (2026) and holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center (1985).