Brian J. Egan > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Offices
1440 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20005-2111
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Brian J. Egan

Work Department
National Security; CFIUS; International Trade
Position
Partner
Career
Represents U.S. and international clients on a broad range of cross-border national security issues, including CFIUS and other national security investment reviews, export controls, U.S. economic sanctions, anti-money laundering programs, cross-border disputes, international cybersecurity and data privacy matters, and public international law matters. Mr. Egan has advised on CFIUS reviews for clients spanning a wide range of business sectors and jurisdictions, including Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He also has counseled on numerous export controls issues, including compliance, classification, licensing, enforcement and related due diligence. Additionally, he has significant experience working with clients on sanctions compliance and risk mitigation, civil and criminal enforcement matters, and “blacklisting” issues.
Education
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2000 (Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, California Law Review)
- B.A., Stanford University, 1994
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- International trade and national security > National Security
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism