Mr George Kleinfeld > Clifford Chance > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Clifford Chance
2001 K STREET NW
WASHINGTON DC 20006-1001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Regulatory Enforcement & White Collar, Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Risk Management

Position

George Kleinfeld advises leading financial institutions, industrial enterprises, trading companies and global investors on US sanctions issues and compliance with US sanctions laws and regulations. He has participated in a wide range of US sanctions investigations and enforcement actions as well as designing compliance programs and providing compliance training and risk analyses for multinational corporations and financial institutions in Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Asia and the Americas. He also advises clients on compliance with US export controls and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and has obtained scores of national security clearances for foreign acquisitions of strategic US business assets from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

George works closely with the firm’s global corporate, capital markets and finance practices to resolve complex due diligence and transactional issues in his areas of expertise.

Education

University of Pennsylvania (MS, Economics) 1984, University of Pennsylvania (JD, order of the coif) 1983, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (BS, magna cum laude) 1980

Lawyer Rankings

United States > International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions

Lawyers at Clifford Chancefocus on the opportunity not the threat’. A growing force in the field, the international trade, regulatory and enforcement practice specializes in defending domestic and multinational corporations in government investigations arising from US economic sanctions and export control programs. George Kleinfeld co-heads the Washington DC-based team and frequently appears before OFAC, and other agencies, in enforcement and regulatory proceedings. Global risk specialist David DiBari co-leads a ‘practical and responsive’ group that also includes Renée Latour and trial lawyer Joshua Berman.