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International Trade: CFIUS Experts - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Covington & Burling LLP remains at the forefront of international trade work, acting for an enviable roster of domestic and international clients. The firm is adept at handling economic sanctions, export controls, trade remedies and policy issues. Its lawyers are experienced in representing clients before the ITC, among other agencies. The firm maintains a leading CFIUS practice, regularly assisting with matters in the telecommunications, cybersecurity, aerospace and defense sectors. Covington & Burling houses a deep bench of talented attorneys, including several former government officials, and its strength in matters of economic sanctions is bolstered by a strong white-collar criminal practice.

Work Highlights

  • Covington & Burling represented Rio Tinto in securing CFIUS approval for its $6.7 billion acquisition of Arcadium Lithium.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Corinne A Goldstein
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Corinne A Goldstein
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Senior Statespeople
Corinne Goldstein boasts an impressive trade practice that sees her handle both export controls and economic sanctions work. She is particularly well thought of for her deep knowledge of OFAC.

Corinne has deep expertise.

John K Veroneau
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John K Veroneau
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Senior Statespeople
John Veroneau maintains an active trade practice and is noted for his work in the policy arena. His client base includes manufacturers and trade groups.
David N Fagan
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David N Fagan
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Band 1
David Fagan wins widespread acclaim for his expert handling of CFIUS reviews. He is also adept at advising on issues such as FOCI mitigation.

David sees a lot of transactions and so he has really good granular knowledge about how certain fact patterns and parties are likely to be viewed by the CFIUS. He is a great strategist and adviser.

David is an exceptionally skilled adviser. He has a depth of knowledge and is really thoughtful about the pushes and pulls of any situation.

David is able to distil down situations to the key points that you should be aware of. He is able to crystallize complex concepts very quickly and is really smart.

David is a great, strategic legal adviser. He deeply understands the business and legal needs of his customers. He creatively works through difficult situations and is a great communicator.

Mark E Plotkin
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Mark E Plotkin
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Band 1
Mark Plotkin comes highly recommended for his expertise in the CFIUS space. His clients include defense and technology companies.

Mark is a trusted adviser to his clients and is able to convey comfort to clients given the experience of his practice.

Mark has deep insight and great experience in this field. He is calm, creative and great to work with.

Mark is one of the grandfathers of the CFIUS bar.

Peter L Flanagan
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Peter L Flanagan
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Band 1
Peter Flanagan is a seasoned practitioner who regularly assists clients with issues relating to trade controls. He often works with clients in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical and defense industries.

Peter is a phenomenal sanctions specialist in DC. He is a go-to lawyer for very sensitive and important topics.

Peter is a great partner. He has a sense of urgency, a good understanding of the business and provides easily applicable guidance.

Peter's strength is that he is particularly practical with regulations; it's not about just understanding them, but about what a company might need to do and he has the ability to communicate that to clients. He has a great personality and is great to work with.

Peter Lichtenbaum
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Peter Lichtenbaum
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Band 1
Peter Lichtenbaum is a leading lawyer in the trade controls space. He is particularly experienced in working with aerospace and defense clients.

Peter is one of the best export control lawyers out there in the market today. He is very diligent, very precise and an excellent writer. We have a lot of trust in his very clear, well-reasoned advice.

Peter is a subject matter expert who gets called into the trickiest matters. He loves to dive into complex regulatory issues and dig deep.

Peter has a great sense of the regulatory environment as well as business savvy. This lays the foundation for the guidance he provides.

Adam J Szubin
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Adam J Szubin
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Band 2
Adam Szubin has strong skills in OFAC matters. His clients include financial institutions.

Adam is great. He is super careful, super smart and really good on sanctions.

Adam has always been fantastic and a pleasure to work with. He knows the subject matter as well as anyone.

Adam is extremely accomplished and very smart. In terms of brainpower, he is really impressive and his heft in this space is phenomenal.

Kimberly A. Strosnider
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Kimberly A. Strosnider
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Band 2

Kimberly Strosnider serves as co-chair of the firm's international trade controls group. She is well regarded for her extensive counseling work and advising on economic sanctions.

Kimberly brings a different perspective and encyclopedic knowledge.

Kimberly is lovely to work with. She is very responsive, very knowledgeable and provides expert advice in this space. She provides practical advice on how to implement ways to protect the company and thinks outside of the box for regulatory matters.

Kimberly is amazing. She can take the most complicated, difficult and challenging area and explain it in a way that makes it simple and accessible to make sure everyone has a shared understanding. She becomes everyone's expert.

Shara Aranoff
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Shara Aranoff
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Band 3
Shara Aranoff is known for her strength in trade remedy litigation. She regularly handles antidumping and countervailing duty cases.

Shara is an expert in the field. She knows how customs will react, knows everyone at customs and can communicate a sense of this and these issues.

Shara is extremely helpful and can quickly provide substantive advice.

Shara has a deep understanding of the approach of US government agencies and courts to regulating international trade and always provides pragmatic and forward-looking advice.

Heather Finstuen
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Heather Finstuen
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Band 4

Heather Finstuen has a growing practice advising both US and international clients on securing CFIUS approval. Her expertise also includes the mitigation of FOCI.

Heather provides very strong legal guidance. She is great at translating your needs to legal text and vice versa. She really digs in to understand the business and its needs.

Heather is a really talented and sharp lawyer.

Heather has good commercial awareness and is an excellent problem-solver.

Heather is very adept at advising on government regulatory considerations and issues. She is a fantastic partner.

Jonathan R Wakely
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Jonathan R Wakely
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Band 4
Jonathan Wakely regularly assists clients with CFIUS reviews. He advises automotive and pharmaceutical companies, among others.

Jonathan is very knowledgeable and good at working with clients. He always understands the issues, parties' objectives and dynamics with the government.

Jonathan is a great person to work with. He absolutely knows what he is doing, which allows him to anticipate and help clients mitigate potential issues and challenges way before they arise.

Jonathan has an excellent combination of professional experience in government and in law. He guides clients through the regulatory process with outstanding explanations of where you are and what is needed. He really spends time understanding your business needs.

James Smith
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James Smith
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Band 5

James Smith is noted for his expertise in trade matters, with an adept understanding of US foreign trade law.

James' breadth of experience and expertise is his key strength. He provides good, practical advice and understands the business constraints to negotiate a favorable outcome.

James is very detail-oriented, technical and gives extremely detailed responses that are tailored to our needs.

James is personable, attentive to our needs and answers all of our questions well.

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USA - Nationwide

International Trade: CFIUS Experts

David N Fagan
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David N Fagan
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Band 1
Mark E Plotkin
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Mark E Plotkin
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Band 1
Heather Finstuen
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Heather Finstuen
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Band 4
Jonathan R Wakely
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Jonathan R Wakely
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Band 4
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

Corinne A Goldstein
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Corinne A Goldstein
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Senior Statespeople
Peter L Flanagan
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Peter L Flanagan
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Band 1
Peter Lichtenbaum
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Peter Lichtenbaum
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Band 1
Adam J Szubin
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Adam J Szubin
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Band 2
Kimberly A. Strosnider
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Kimberly A. Strosnider
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Band 2
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy

John K Veroneau
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John K Veroneau
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Senior Statespeople
Shara Aranoff
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Shara Aranoff
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Band 3
James Smith
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James Smith
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Band 5