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Eric S. Volkman
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Eric Volkman is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the Litigation & Trial Department and practices in the areas of white collar criminal defense, internal corporate investigations, trade and economic sanctions, and complex civil litigation. Mr. Volkman has represented clients facing government investigations into alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), export controls and trade sanctions, federal securities laws (including insider trading) and a variety of other regulatory regimes in the government contracting, energy and financial sectors. In the course of Mr. Volkman’s practice, he represents clients in investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the US Department of State and various congressional committees.
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
(Leading lawyers)A dominant player in export controls and sanctions work, Latham & Watkins LLP’s enviable roster of multinational corporations frequently turn to the firm for support on compliance with OFAC, ITAR and EAR regimes. The group enjoys close relationships with a wide range of US and international clients, with strong recent showings in the technology, energy, life sciences, defense, and private equity spheres. Department co-head Les P. Carnegie is sought after for his broad combination of white-collar, trade regulation, and national security expertise; he successfully advised US-based Duolingo before OFAC and secured authorization for it to provide services in Syria. In another high-profile mandate, practice co-head Eric S. Volkman advised the International Olympic Committee on export controls and sanctions matters, including Russia and Belarus-related issues. The Washington DC-based group also includes CFIUS expert Damara Chambers, who has a significant export control and economic sanctions dimension to her practice, and talented counsel Andrew Galdes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions United States > International Trade
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal 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
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)