Paul Marquardt

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Paul is the head of Davis Polk’s national security practice. He has over 25 years of experience in foreign investment reviews and in economic sanctions and financial crimes compliance and enforcement. He has been guiding companies through CFIUS since the 1990s. He also advises a wide range of clients, including sovereign and state-owned entities, around the world on the application of U.S. sanctions laws and in export control, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption matters. He deals regularly with CFIUS, OFAC, the U.S. Departments of Justice and State, the Bureau of Industry and Security, and other U.S. and international regulators. His practice includes advisory, transactional, compliance, internal investigation and enforcement matters.

Paul is regularly rated among the nation’s best foreign investment and national security lawyers.