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 > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
(Leading lawyers)Clifford Chance’s export controls and economic sanctions practice comes under the umbrella of the international trade, regulatory and enforcement group, ensuring strong expertise in complex investigations and enforcement work. The team additionally advises on risk assessments, compliance programs and general regulatory matters. Highly regarded sanctions specialist George Kleinfeld co-heads the Washington DC-based team together with David DiBari, who serves as global co-head of the risk practice and focuses on defending multinational clients in criminal and administrative matters, including economic sanctions, export controls and FCPA-related cases. Also noted are international trade regulation partner Renée Latour and Joshua Berman, who specializes in white-collar and government investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions United States > International trade
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)