Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Noted for its ‘deep experience dealing with CFIUS’, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s CFIUS offering sits within the broader global foreign direct investment practice. With experience across the full spread of related national security issues, the group guides clients through an array of filings and regulatory compliance matters, through to second-state investigations and the negotiation of mitigation agreements with CFIUS, the DCSA and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). Up-and-coming partner Chase Kaniecki specializes in advising on international trade and national security issues, including CFIUS reviews; he is representing Best Assistant Education Online, a subsidiary of China’s NetDragon Websoft Holdings, on CFIUS matters connected to its planned merger with Gravitas Education Holdings. The Washington DC-based group also includes associates Samuel Chang and William Dawley. Associate Pete Young has left the firm.