Region Area

Lawyers

Carl Valenstein

Carl Valenstein

Work Department

Latin America Team; Corporate and Business Transactions

Position

Carl focuses his practice on domestic and international corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, project development, and transactional finance. He counsels extensively in the life science, telecom/electronics, and maritime industries, and he has worked broadly in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.  Carl advises clients on international risk management, including compliance with the foreign investment review process (Exon-Florio/CFIUS), export control and sanctions, anti-money laundering, anti-boycott, and anticorruption (FCPA) laws and regulations. He also advises on internal investigations, enforcement cases, and dispute resolution proceedings relating to his transactional and regulatory practice.

Career

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Carl was a partner in the corporate practice of another international law firm, where he was also co-managing partner of the firm’s Washington, DC, office, as well as co-chair of the firm’s life sciences practice.

Languages

Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, Carl is also conversant in French and Italian.

Education

Yale University; University of Michigan Law School