We have market-leading experience in navigating U.S. economic sanctions and related issues.
Davis Polk lawyers are widely known as leading practitioners and thought leaders in U.S. economic sanctions. Our team has deep commercial and policy experience as well as strong relationships in the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the State Department, the Department of Justice and other key agencies.
We provide the full range of advice to clients around the world, including designing and implementing compliance procedures, providing compliance advice and licensing solutions for transactions involving challenging relationships and, when necessary, vigorously defending investigation and enforcement proceedings hand in hand with our White Collar Defense & Investigations team. We also help clients navigate business decisions and compliance obligations in the interplay between Treasury-mandated sanctions and parallel designations by the State Department (e.g., Foreign Terrorist Organizations), and we use our extensive experience with sanctions regimes and leading practitioners around the world to efficiently manage global reviews.
Our clients include global companies, major financial institutions and fintechs, and governmental entities.
Clients also benefit from the deep knowledge of financial regulation and enforcement among our Financial Institutions lawyers and the experience of our white collar litigators in AML/BSA, sanctions and fraud matters.