Brazil Commission to Oversee Hogan Lovells

Eletrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled power utility, will create a commission to oversee the work of Hogan Lovells, which is investigating whether the company’s contracts contain any violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act occurred.

It is expected to hire Ellen Gracie Northfleet and Durval Jose Soledade dos Santos as independent commissioners, according to a regulatory filing Friday.

Northfleet is a former chief of Brazil’s federal court of appeals and a supreme court justice. She’s currently an attorney in private practice and an arbitrator in Rio de Janeiro, according to a statement on the website of the nonprofit World Justice ...