Muriel Moody Korol

Muriel Moody Korol leads the Global Operations & Foreign Assistance Practice, advising companies, investors, foundations, and nonprofits on the legal and regulatory demands of cross-border operations. She helps clients align with donor, investor, and host-country requirements, ensuring that financing, governance, and compliance frameworks withstand scrutiny while enabling programs and investments to move forward.

Muriel has extensive experience in the structuring and execution of complex agreements, including grants, cooperative agreements, procurement contracts, blended-finance arrangements, and public–private partnerships. She structures agreements that balance commercial, legal, and regulatory risks while preserving speed and operational flexibility. She is also skilled in the legal and operational realities of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including entity registrations, tax and customs exemptions, and oversight of local counsel. Her ability to secure approvals and resolve regulatory challenges has helped clients establish and sustain operations in complex jurisdictions.

She brings a global perspective shaped by work and travel across six continents, with particular depth in Africa and the Middle East. From 2021 to 2024, Muriel oversaw all legal services for the U.S. Agency for International Development relating to the Middle East. She has also advised on legal and operational issues involving multilateral institutions such as the African Union, and lived across North, East, Southern and West Africa. Muriel’s depth of expertise in the Middle East and Africa, combined with field-tested judgment, informs her ability to guide clients through high-risk and politically sensitive environments.

Previously, as Assistant General Counsel and Resident Legal Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Muriel managed legal services for multi-billion-dollar portfolios across Latin America and the Middle East and held diplomatic assignments in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Kenya. She began her career as a litigation associate at Dechert LLP and later practiced at the Center for International Environmental Law, bringing a blend of corporate, regulatory, and cross-border expertise to her work.

Muriel offers a distinctive ability to connect legal frameworks with organizational strategy, helping clients achieve both clarity and success in their global operations.