Nabeel Yousef > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
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WASHINGTON, DC 20005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Nabeel Yousef
Work Department
Disputes, litigation and arbitration, Global investigations
Position
Partner
Career
Nabeel is a partner in the Washington, DC office, where he leads our US sanctions and export controls practice. Nabeel focuses on civil and criminal cross-border compliance, internal investigations, and enforcement issues related to economic sanctions, export controls, and trade.
Nabeel engages with government regulators on behalf of his clients across a range of industry sectors. He represents clients on sanctions administered by OFAC; export controls in the EAR and the ITAR; the FCPA; US antiboycott regulations; US customs law and import rules; and other civil and criminal statutes and regulations. Nabeel also advises clients on sanctions, export control, and anticorruption issues in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, credit facilities, and capital markets transactions.
Nabeel helps clients navigate their most significant issues, including those related to Iran, Cuba, Russia, Venezuela, Chinese telecom and technology, and terrorist organizations.
Languages
Arabic
Lawyer Rankings
United States > International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
(Next Generation Partners)Among its practice strong suits, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s export controls and economic sanctions team is particularly recognized for its strength in Russia-related sanctions, where it possesses a strong record in handling Russia exit transactions. The group is also extremely active in advising on China and Venezuela-related sanctions regulations. From Washington DC, Nabeel Yousef spearheads the global sanctions, export controls and trade practice and is equipped to advise on an array of civil and criminal issues, including internal investigations and enforcement matters. In New York, the team draws on global financial institutions disputes head Kimberly Zelnick; and newly promoted partner, Stephanie Brown Cripps.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions United States > International trade
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Tax > Financial products
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism