Doreen Edelman has over 20 years of experience representing clients on import and export matters in over 90 countries. She has experience with licensing, commodity jurisdiction and classification requests, voluntary disclosures, preparing compliance programs and training modules and negotiating settlements in U.S. government investigations related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), anti-boycott, export controls and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions laws. She has a well-established relationship with OFAC officials inside the Department of Treasury and obtains licenses for transactions in embargoed and sanctioned countries and assists clients with compliance and disclosure obligations for immigration purposes, mergers and acquisition due diligence and global business requirements. Ms. Edelman advises clients on the export, import and compliance obligations of defense articles, services and technologies and dual-use goods and technologies through the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce, the Directorate of Defense Controls (DDTC) of the Department of State for internal audits, compliance programs and U.S. Government investigations, including criminal trials.
Additionally, Ms. Edelman works with U.S. companies entering new markets overseas and foreign companies doing business in the U.S. This includes drafting agency, licensing and distribution agreements for large and small companies, working with foreign counsel to assist her clients overseas and navigating U.S. foreign investment reporting requirements and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS). She helps companies prepare global business plans, establish offshore corporations, and obtain foreign government approvals.
For companies expanding into the U.S. market, Ms. Edelman advises on product importation issues such as tariff classification, valuation and duty rate as well as the benefits of free trade programs like GSP and NAFTA. She recently advised the Sultanate of Oman in its bilateral negotiations with the U.S. Government and secured passage of an FTA. She is also General Counsel to the American Turkish Council, a bilateral trade organization comprised of major U.S. and Turkish companies.
Ms. Edelman's work has carried her to all corners of the world, whether helping to establish a natural gas facility in Turkey, protecting a client's intellectual property in Japan, or watching out for the interests of a major fast-food chain franchisor in Latin America. She is co-author of a comprehensive analysis of the North American Free Trade Agreement and many trade related articles. Through all her work, Ms. Edelman offers her clients a combination of transactional expertise and business savvy, helping them establish strategic plans for entering new markets and intervening on their behalf with government regulators and policymakers.