With experience across the full gamut of compliance and enforcement work, Morrison Foerster’s export controls and economic sanctions team is commended by sources for ‘bridging the mindset of a regulator and the private sector’. The group’s regulatory insight is due in no small part to its formidable bench of former OFAC personnel, including high-profile national security co-head John Smith, who is a former Director of OFAC. The Washington DC-based team also draws on fellow national security co-chair Brandon Van Grack, who managed the DOJ’s Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for sanctions and export controls violations; and of counsel Andrea Delisi, who previously served as Assistant Chief Counsel at OFAC.
Testimonials
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‘An experienced team bridging the mindset of a regulator and the private sector. Lawyers provide very pragmatic and risk-based advice. One of its kind on sanctions and export controls. We highlight John Smith and Nathanael Kurcab.’
Key clients
- Office of the President of Ukraine
- The Clearing House
- Maersk
- Walmart
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration
- Stellantis
- JPMorgan Chase
- Wells Fargo
- ITOCHU
- Citigroup
Work highlights
- Retained by the Office of Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to provide legal services and counsel regarding US and other sanctions regimes.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Smith, Brandon Van Grack