The Global Operations & Foreign Assistance Practice advises companies, investors, and organizations on the legal, regulatory, and operational complexities attendant to international operations, cross-border growth, partnerships, and investment. We combine extensive international legal experience with deep knowledge of contracting, compliance, and dispute resolution.
We advise on discrete matters as well as maintain an external general counsel practice for clients seeking seasoned judgment, whether as their primary source of support or as a complement to existing staff. We provide comprehensive legal coverage across organizational, regulatory, and operational matters, adapting to the evolving needs of each client. Beyond resolving individual issues, we act as long-term counsel, offering practical guidance and responsive problem-solving that help clients address challenges and maximize opportunities, develop and maintain effective compliance programs, and look to the future together.
Our work spans the full range of issues affecting international operations—from market entry to compliance and dispute resolution. We support clients in structuring and negotiating commercial agreements, assistance grants, and public–private partnerships, while mitigating risks in areas such as sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption, safeguarding, fraud exposure, and employment vulnerabilities. When issues arise, we draw on decades of experience with compliance programs, internal investigations, litigation, and the management of complex disputes.
We support organizations entering new markets with advice on structuring entities, managing tax and registration regimes, and overseeing local counsel. We design legal frameworks to enable businesses to move quickly and compete effectively.
We design compliance programs that prevent violations of laws and standards while supporting operational agility. This includes sanctions and export controls, anti-corruption laws, fraud prevention, safeguarding, and employment and human resource requirements. Our approach integrates controls into the realities of business operations so compliance protects, rather than hinders, growth and impact.
We negotiate, draft, and manage contracts across the spectrum—commercial agreements, joint ventures, procurement contracts, and blended-finance partnerships. Our experience extends from structuring innovative arrangements that blend corporate, investor, and philanthropic resources to guiding multinationals through deals with host governments or local partners. The result is agreements that are both legally sound and durable.
When challenges arise, we manage investigations, voluntary disclosures, and disputes with partners, counterparties, or regulators. Our team has significant experience resolving cross-border commercial conflicts, defending companies against allegations of misconduct, and negotiating solutions that protect both reputation and operations.
We design and deliver training and workshops that embed compliance, governance, and risk awareness into global teams. This empowers companies to scale responsibly while maintaining strong cultures of accountability.
From market entry and deal structuring through operations and market exit, we provide legal counsel across the full lifecycle of your organization’s operation. Our approach enables organizations to mitigate risks, manage complexity, and succeed in global operations and foreign investment.
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