Clifford Chance

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

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.

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