Christine Laciak > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
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700 13TH STREET NW
10TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Christine Laciak
Work Department
Antitrust, Competition, and Trade
Position
Special Counsel
Career
Christine advises clients with respect to global foreign investment review regulations, including in particular with respect to US national security reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Christine has over a decade of experience guiding companies through the CFIUS process, from the due diligence and contract negotiation phase, to the strategic risk assessment and notification and review phases.
She is a recognized expert on global foreign investment review regimes and serves as a leader of the firm’s global foreign investment review team. She combines her global perspective on foreign investment review regimes with her substantial experience advising clients in connection with CFIUS reviews to ensure a coordinated global approach.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > International trade > CFIUS
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP‘s team is under the leadership of high-profile national security heavyweight Aimen Mir, whose exhaustive list of government-side roles includes a stint as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the USDT. Under the leadership of Washington DC-based Mir, the CFIUS practice continues to gain traction in the market, where it is acting for major corporate and sovereign clients in the financial services, technology and energy spheres, among other sensitive industries. Special counsel Christine Laciak, also in Washington DC, fronts the global foreign investment review team; she advises on foreign investment review regimes worldwide, with a focus on CFIUS matters.
Lawyer Rankings
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