28 May 2013

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George Kleinfeld

George Kleinfeld

Title
Partner
Office
Clifford Chance, Washington D.C. | View map
Practice
Litigation & dispute resolution, Reg enforcement & white collar
Sector
Technology, media & telecoms
Publications
20

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Tel
+12029125126

Experience and career history

George Kleinfeld advises on US trade and investment regulation, including US economic sanctions, export controls and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). His clients for sanctions advice include several of the world’s leading international banks and he holds a Band One ranking from the Chambers USA guide for his expertise in US foreign investment regulation. He has obtained national security clearances for high-profile foreign acquisitions of strategic US business assets from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Mr. Kleinfeld works closely with the firm's global corporate, capital markets and finance practices to resolve complex due diligence and transactional issues under the OFAC regulations, the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the FCPA. He also specializes in the development and implementation of compliance and training programs to enable clients to understand and satisfy their obligations under US foreign trade control and investment laws. He also has advised clients in WTO proceedings under, e.g., the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (BS, magna cum laude, 1980)
University of Pennsylvania (JD, order of the coif, 1983)
University of Pennsylvania (MS, Economics, 1984)
Adjunct Professor, International Finance, George Mason University School of Law
Former Attorney/Advisor, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for International Affairs, U.S. Treasury Department

Board Member, Center for Civil Society in Southeastern Europe

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