Katie Clarke

Katie Clarke focuses her practice on cross-border investment and national security matters, primarily involving reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and related issues involving the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency, export controls, cybersecurity and government contracting. Ms. Clarke counsels clients on CFIUS transactional risk and structuring issues, as well as in steering transactions through CFIUS reviews and investigations. She has significant experience negotiating complex national security agreements with CFIUS member agencies and regularly assists clients in navigating the implementation of these agreements. Ms. Clarke advises a diverse group of clients on transactions ranging from early-stage fundraising to public company mergers across a variety of industries such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, social media, renewable energy, aerospace, fintech, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, biotech, defense contracting and private equity.

JD, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, 2017 (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif); B.A., University of Maryland, 2014