Rebecca O. Fruchtman

Rebecca Fruchtman serves clients with respect to global trade finance, including supply chain finance, open accounts, letters of credit, structured letters of credit, risk-distributed trade transactions, and asset-based financing transactions—both domestic and cross-border.

• AV Peer Review-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
• TMA Chicago Pro Bono Engagement of the Year award.

• Georgetown University, BS
• Georgetown University Law Center, JD
• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, MBA

• California
• District of Columbia
• Illinois

• Spanish

• Member of ITFA working group in connection with advancement of UCC Amendments through New York State Legislature.
• Supply Chain Finance Committee Co-Chair of the global trade association BAFT.
• Speak bi-annually on letter of credit topics at the annual International Banking Law & Practice conferences.
• Routinely participate in BAFT working group discussion on trade finance digitization, supply chain finance accounting issues, and new regulatory capital requirements as they impact trade finance.
• Spoke at BAFT conferences and participated in BAFT working groups, including efforts to amend the Federal E-Sign Act to enable electronic drafts and bills of exchange.
• Co-authored Mayer Brown client alert on the UN Convention for the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade.
• Moderated a panel on the Convention as part of Mayer Brown Global Receivables and Supply Chain Finance webinar series.
• Served on the Board of Directors of the Chicago chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).
• Served as membership relations director of the American Bankruptcy Institute Committee on Commercial Fraud.
• Served as associate editor of the American Bankruptcy Journal.
• Pro bono work advising the United Nations (UNCITRAL) in its efforts to analyze and remove barriers to financing faced by small and mid-sized enterprises in emerging markets.