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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Offices
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20005-2111
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
1440 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20005-2111
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Brooks E. Allen
1.202.371.7598 [email protected]
Work Department
National Security; CFIUS; International Trade
Position
Partner
Career
Brooks Allen is lead coordinator of the firm’s international trade practice. He focuses his practice on reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and international trade issues, including trade policy, customs, trade remedy and export control issues. Mr. Allen draws on experience in both private practice and government, having most recently served as assistant general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).
Education
- J.D., Yale Law School, 2000 (Olin Fellow in Law and Economics)
- M.Phil., Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1997
- B.A., Yale University, 1996 (summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)
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
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- 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