Andrew P. Galdes > Latham & Watkins > Austin, United States > Lawyer Profile
Latham & Watkins Offices

301 CONGRESS AVENUE
SUITE 900
AUSTIN, TEXAS
TEXAS
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Andrew P. Galdes

Position
Andrew Galdes advises clients on compliance and enforcement issues involving US laws and regulations related to economic and trade sanctions, as well as export controls.
Andrew helps clients, including companies, financial institutions, private equity firms, and global private foundations, navigate:
-
- Internal compliance investigations
- Regulatory, congressional and other government investigations, and enforcement actions
- Day-to-day corporate compliance matters
- Transactional due diligence
He advises clients on the complex legal, policy, and enforcement issues arising under:
-
- Economic and trade sanctions programs administered by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- The State Department’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
- The Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
Andrew draws on extensive technical knowledge and experience to help clients secure governmental guidance and approvals, including OFAC authorizations and interpretive rulings, and crafts pragmatic solutions to obstacles that international trade laws often present in cross-border transactions. He excels at helping US and global clients design and implement sanctions and export controls compliance programs.
He regularly writes and speaks on topics related to sanctions and export controls.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
(Next Generation Partners)Co-led, out of Washington D.C., by the reputable Les P. Carnegie, the Latham & Watkins LLP
national security team has notable strength in the export controls and economic sanctions space. The team’s capabilities are very wide-ranging, with experience in assisting and advising on government investigations, counsel during the transaction lifecycle, and regulatory advice. The team has a client base that spans significant private equity firms, multi-national corporations, global pharmaceutical companies, and financial institutions. Carnegie is described as ‘knowledgeable, approachable and helpful’, whilst his co-lead, Eric Volkman has a deep knowledge of compliance issues with experience in designing and implementing compliance programs. Andrew Galdes is a key member of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions United States > International trade and national security
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- 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
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- 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
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- 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
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense