Kirkland’s International Trade and National Security Practice Group provides geopolitical and legal advice to private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, public companies, and financial institutions operating or investing across international borders.
Anchored in Washington, D.C., with a global perspective and on-the-ground presence throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, our team has decades of combined experience working on matters involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and non-United States FDI clearance regimes, United States (OFAC), UK and EU economic sanctions programs, United States (ITAR, EAR) and EU dual-use and defense-related export controls, and anti-money laundering (AML) requirements. We routinely work with our clients across industries and geographies on a wide variety of corporate and investment transactions, board advisory, investigative, licensing, enforcement, and penalty matters.
