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Provided by Tahlia Townsend
Tahlia Townsend is an international trade lawyer in Holland & Knight's Stamford office. Ms. Townsend has been repeatedly recognized in Chambers USA and Chambers Global for her work helping U.S. and international clients navigate U.S. export controls, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), U.S. financial sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. foreign investment regulations administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Among other services, Ms. Townsend assists clients with high-stakes internal investigations and voluntary disclosures, defends clients against government enforcement actions, performs export classification and licensing, develops and implements compliance programs and helps clients engaged in global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with regulatory due diligence and preparation of submissions to CFIUS in connection with foreign investment.
Tahlia graduated from Yale Law School and clerked for two federal judges. Tahlia obtained a BSc Hons. in physics and chemistry, performed research in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, taught at the Lauder Javne Jewish community school in Budapest, Hungary, and studied French, German, and Hungarian.
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Tahlia is practical and has great insight. She knows the business backwards and forwards and is business-oriented. She is at the cutting edge of what's happening.
Tahlia’s professionalism and depth of knowledge are truly outstanding. She consistently delivers clear, reliable advice and is a pleasure to work with.
Tahlia's practice is expanding and she actively seeks out the nuanced questions on interpretation of the law. She is tremendous.
Tahlia is practical and has great insight. She knows the business backwards and forwards and is business-oriented. She is at the cutting edge of what's happening.
Tahlia’s professionalism and depth of knowledge are truly outstanding. She consistently delivers clear, reliable advice and is a pleasure to work with.
Tahlia's practice is expanding and she actively seeks out the nuanced questions on interpretation of the law. She is tremendous.