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Brian P. Curran
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Work Department
International Trade and Investment
Position
Partner
Career
Brian Curran has been operating in the U.S. national security sphere for more than 20 years, first as a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Intelligence Community and now as a partner at Hogan Lovells focused on national security reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Brian represents a wide variety of clients before CFIUS, including foreign multinationals, private equity investors, and family offices around the world, including in China, Israel, Singapore, Japan, France, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He also represents U.S. companies before CFIUS – from technology start-ups to large, publicly traded companies.
Brian's clients operate in a variety of sectors, including life sciences, social media, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and semiconductors. Brian assists clients in securing CFIUS clearance, negotiating and complying with mitigation agreements imposed by CFIUS, and navigating the rules ushered in by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations.
Brian also represents clients on export controls issues before the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security and the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Brian advises companies on a wide variety of export control issues, including mergers and acquisitions due diligence, export classifications, licensing, internal investigations, and voluntary disclosures.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Society for International Affairs
Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, with high honors, Order of the Coif, 2006; M.A., American University, School of International Service, Fellowship Recipient, 1995; B.A., The College of William & Mary, 1992