I’m a copywriter and content strategist. My job is getting people to buy your product.
 
I’ve written millions of words, generating my clients hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales. As a copywriter and consultant, I work with individuals and businesses, including Fortune 500 and Fortune 200 companies, to help them drive sales through compelling copy and content. 
 
I also share my techniques and insights with those looking to improve their marketing strategy or copywriting technique.
 
Need words that sell? Contact me.

Kat Ilich

— Registered Money Laundering Reporting Officer (Geldwäschebeauftragter) under §§ 7 & 9 GwG; direct report to corporate leadership; accountable for FIU filings, risk analysis, (goAML) and liaison with the supervisory authority.
— Lead the Compliance team for DACH & Northern Europe; own anti-financial-crime programs (anti-money-laundering/AML, sanctions and Know Your Customer/KYC/reputational risk), anti-bribery and corruption/ABC, conflicts of interest, data protection, trade secrets, and supply-chain compliance; design and deliver MaBV § 15b-compliant AML and ethics training across German offices.
— Complex AFC Program management: Created 11+ decision algorithms adopted globally; reduced initial escalations ~40% and cut turnaround across thousands of cases. Built two trade-restriction/sanctions decision processes. Advise and train KYC analysts daily; manage multi-jurisdiction escalations in Russian, Ukrainian, German, Polish, and English. Redesigning AML processes collaboratively accords diverse business lines
— Translating optimization into revenue: Resolved a core policy/business conflict by redesigning a key policy; built the risk-balanced business case and won leadership buy-in, unlocking new revenue streams, leveraging previous industry knowledge to optimize risk mitigation 
— Evaluating high-risk transactions via asset-tracing & multilingual research; briefing leadership on exposure and provide defensible recommendations.
— Negotiating/reviewing contractual compliance clauses to mitigate risk and protect delivery across major cross-border SLAs

MLRO, Ethics & Compliance Team Lead for Northern Europe

AirPlus International

— Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed cross-border financial services contracts, including B2B commercial services contracts and ancillary financial incentive agreements, marketing referral agreements, and NDAs
— Mitigated legal and financial risks by proactively improving core agreements and incorporating client feedback, including creating standardised clauses and enhancing templates to align with business needs
— Led end-to-end contract negotiations with counterparties and their legal team, aligning terms with SME input and structurally securing relevant internal approvals
— Delivered relevant training, created guidance materials, and promoted cross-departmental knowledge-sharing
— Developed knowledge of contract management and the payment service provider industry, such as financial modelling, various payment products (company accounts, virtual and corporate cards), payment network interchange rates, multi-party payment models, foreign exchange risk/credit risk-mitigation, developing practical skill and knowledge leveraged to add value to contract reviews and risk-mitigation in subsequent positions

Global Contract Manager

Georgetown University Law Center

— Authored a 40,000-word research project analysing legal and political challenges to and proposing solutions to enhance the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) efficacy in deterring Article 8 Rome Statute atrocity crimes
— Independently produced three major research reports on the ICC’s relationship with specific jurisdictions, utilising multilingual sources (in four languages) and working under minimal supervision
— Developed knowledge in international criminal law, humanitarian law, and atrocity crimes—including war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity—with a focus on non-state actors
— Gained knowledge of ICC jurisdictional mechanisms, structural frameworks, international criminal law, and related provisions in US and German law

Faculty Research Assistant  (Int'l Criminal Law)

P.R.I.M.E. Finance Foundation

— Developed knowledge in the structure, purpose, and application of cross-border derivatives contracts, with a focus on the ISDA Master Agreement, developing practical and theoretical knowledge of their role in managing currency volatility, close-out netting, project finance, and financial dispute resolution
— Authored a comprehensive “Brexit Guide” addressing key finance law issues, analysing Brexit’s impact on financial services “passporting,” dispute resolution, and broader regulatory implications, aligning with organisational needs
— Enhanced P.R.I.M.E.’s market presence by resolving operational inefficiencies, managing multiple concurrent mandates, and improving social media outreach using Canva, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Visio

Legal Intern

JONES DAY®

— Managed the production and filing of thousands of case documents for multi-million- and billion-dollar UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitral proceedings, ensuring accuracy and compliance with procedural requirements, conducting cite-checking, and providing live support during ICSID case hearings
— Led language support projects including the identification/matching of exhibits in Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Uzbek (Cyrillic and Romanised), German, Romanian, Swedish, and Latvian and evaluated and improved translation quality, enhancing the accuracy of case documents 
— Conducted extensive document review, utilising advanced e-discovery platforms such as Ringtail and Relativity 
— Contributed to legal scholarship by supporting the publication of GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW AND DUE PROCESS

Project Assistant, Global Disputes

Human Rights Watch

— Achieved a key Arms Division objective by analysing Russian-language technical sources to identify the contents of Soviet-made incendiary weapons, supporting aid workers treating victims of incendiary weapon attacks.
— Provided multilingual technical research for HRW’s memorandum Syria’s Use of Incendiary Weapons (2013), contributing sources for the U.N. Convention on Conventional Weapons.
— Drafted press releases and media reports on lethal autonomous weapons (“killer robots”), utilising multilingual sources to address the ethical and legal implications of their use

Intern (Arms Division)

New York–licensed lawyer (J.D., Georgetown; B.A., GWU, summa cum laude) with a focus on anti-financial-crime compliance, security, economic law, and contract review; CIPP/E-certified MLRO and regional Compliance Lead at a global real estate firm, designing and administering AML/KYC, sanctions, data-protection, and corporate-ethics programs. Working daily in English and German and on a limited basis in Russian and Polish. Peer-reviewed author on international and regional law, human rights, and national security. State-level party executive board member (Landesvorstand), championing secular governance, internal security, property rights, and freedom of expression. Views expressed are explicitly my own and do not represent or reflect the views of my employer or political party unless otherwise stated.

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