Peter Lichtenbaum

Practice Areas

Broad experience in international regulatory compliance and trade matters and specialized experience in the aerospace/defense and high-tech sectors.

Mr. Lichtenbaum has helped several companies establish or enhance their compliance programs. He has worked with many leading aerospace companies on internal investigations and disclosures related to trade controls and China. He also advises many high-tech companies on export control issues relating to China. He has extensive experience with trade controls issues that arise in the U.S. system for national security review of foreign investment, helping companies to identify issues and mitigate government concerns.

Career

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security; VP, Regulatory Compliance and International Policy, BAE Systems, Inc.

Publications

Co-authored: "Mistakes vs. Falsehoods in Trade Controls Submissions," Law360 (Aug./2019); "Defining Emerging Technologies," China Business Review, April/2019; “Your International Compliance Playbook,” Corporate Counsel (Jan./2015); “Sanctioning Clarity,” European Lawyer (Jan./2012); "The Transatlantic Defence Industry and the Arms Trade Treaty," Chatham House (June/2011); "Investigating and Disclosing Export Control Violations," Georgetown University (March/2011).

Personal

Princeton (AB); Harvard (JD); Harvard (MPP).