Brian Curran

Brian Curran has been operating in the U.S. national security sphere for more than 20 years, first as a 10 year veteran of the Intelligence Community (IC) and now as a partner at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader focused on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and export control issues before the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). Brian is also experienced in advising clients on a variety of issues, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) due diligence, export classifications, licensing, internal investigations, and voluntary disclosures.

Brian represents a wide variety of clients before CFIUS, including foreign multinationals, private equity investors, and family offices around the world, including in China, Israel, Singapore, Japan, France, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He also represents U.S. companies before CFIUS – from tech startups to large publicly traded companies. Brian assists clients in securing CFIUS clearance, negotiating and complying with mitigation agreements, and navigating the new rules ushered in by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) and the CFIUS pilot program.