Sylvia is a member of Sutherland’s Financial Services Group, where she focuses her practice on regulatory and compliance issues facing broker-dealers, registered and unregistered investment funds, and their investment advisers. Sylvia counsels financial institutions on the design and implementation of a variety of SEC-registered and unregistered investment products and regularly handles matters relating to the establishment and operation of public and private closed-ended funds and business development companies, including compliance with and exemptions from the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Sylvia is fluent in Spanish. Prior to joining Sutherland, she worked in the accounting department of Lazard.

Sylvia is a member of Sutherland’s Professional Development Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Committee.