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WASHINGTON DC 20001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Richard Matheny
Position
Partner / Head of Global Trade
Career
Rich Matheny, a partner in Goodwin’s Washington D.C. office, heads the firm’s Global Trade practice. Rich advises clients on a broad range of US regulatory issues concerning international trade and investment, including the exportation of controlled goods and services from the United States; the provision of defense articles and services; transactions involving sanctioned countries, persons, and entities; and cross-border investments and transactions that may impact the national security or foreign policy of the United States.
He is particularly adept at helping technology companies and private equity firms to successfully navigate these critical regulatory regimes, including national security reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the Antiboycott Regulations of the Commerce Department; the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) of the State Department; the economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department; and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Education
JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School 1999 / MA, University of California 1996 / BA, Duke University 1991
Lawyer Rankings
United States > International Trade > CFIUS
(Leading lawyers)Goodwin‘s lawyers ‘do not offer painkillers, but seek solutions that would solve issues permanently’. A popular choice for technology, venture capital and life sciences clients seeking advice on CFIUS issues, in line with its firm-wide sweet spots, the global trade practice maintains a dominant position in handling matters under the new CFIUS Critical Technologies Pilot Program. Richard Matheny spearheads the Washington DC-based department and is noted for his track record in advising technology companies and private equity funds on CFIUS reviews; he additionally brings to bear complementary expertise in export controls and sanctions. The team also includes Jacob Osborn, who handles a mix of export controls and CFIUS work, and newly promoted partner Amy Josselyn, who is a former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency analyst. In September 2022, government contracts specialist Liza Craig joined the global trade practice from Reed Smith LLP.
United States > International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Utilizing the firm’s expertise in the technology sector, Goodwin’s trade team specializes in representing technology and life sciences companies and sources attest, ‘advice is detailed and specific to the very individual needs of each of its clients’. The group’s comprehensive regulatory skillset spans OFAC, EAR and ITAR-related regimes, while its recent work encompasses compliance, transactional support and enforcement matters. Global trade head Richard Matheny ‘mixes experiences with wise counsel’ and spearheads a department that also includes Jacob Osborn, who has a focus on clients in the electronics, telecoms, software, and encryption spheres. Government contracts specialist Liza Craig recently joined from Reed Smith LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > International Trade > CFIUS
- CFIUS United States > International Trade
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions United States > International Trade
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Industry focus > Education
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)