Tuong-Vi Faber has been advising financial institutions and fintech companies for over 10 years. She currently serves as Deputy General Counsel at Upgrade, a fintech unicorn that provides access to responsible credit and mobile banking (#1 fastest growing company in the Americas, Financial Times 2021). At Upgrade, she leads a team of talented product attorneys and advises on matters ranging from product development, bank relationships, government affairs, commercial matters, compliance and risk management, and key business and strategic initiatives. Prior to Upgrade, she was the Head of Legal at Aura Financial Corporation, a US Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) providing financial services to unbanked and underbanked communities. Tuong-Vi began her career as a corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell, where she advised financial institutions and public and private companies on equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting, corporate governance, and other corporate and securities matters.
Education
LL.M. (Fulbright Scholar and recipient of the Harvard French Scholarship Fund), Harvard Law School (2010)
J.D., Sciences-Po Paris (2008)
B.S., London School of Economics (2006)