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

2001 K STREET NW
WASHINGTON DC 20006-1001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr George Kleinfeld

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 and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
(Leading partners)Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Tax > International tax
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power