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Eric Carlson practices in the firm’s anti-bribery, international, and white collar groups. He advises clients operating in Asia on a range of anti-corruption laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He has deep experience counseling clients on proposed transactions, helping companies to update and strengthen their internal anti-corruption compliance programs and controls and tailoring them to the unique features of Asian markets, developing and presenting training in Chinese and English, leading numerous internal anti-corruption/FCPA investigations in China and around the world, and representing clients before enforcement authorities.
He counsels clients on US export controls and economic sanctions applied by the US Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury, and related Chinese trade control regulations, including conducting internal investigations into potential violations of these laws. He also advises clients on trade policy issues and national security reviews of foreign investments.
Mr. Carlson speaks Mandarin and Cantonese and is a regular presenter at anti-corruption and export control conferences.
Representative Matters
- Conducting multiple internal investigations in connection with potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, including investigations (in Chinese and English) into Chinese subsidiaries of US corporations.
- Drafting and presenting tailored anti-corruption compliance procedures and training materials in Chinese and English.
- Assisting a major US company with an FCPA due diligence review related to an acquisition of a Chinese state-owned company.
- Assisting a major US conglomerate in a review of implementation of corporate anti-corruption policies in its China subsidiaries and recommending improvements and refinements.
- Representing US companies in securing export licenses, developing export control compliance programs, and conducting internal investigations into potential violations of export control laws (EAR and ITAR).
- Assisting a multinational technology company in navigating PRC export control and encryption regulations.
Honors and Rankings
- Chambers Global, China, International Trade
- Chambers Asia-Pacific, China, International Trade
Pro Bono
- Assisting The Nature Conservancy with various regulatory compliance issues.
- Representing a humanitarian organization with various registration and regulatory issues.
Publications and Speeches
- "Making Compliance Matter," Mr. Carlson was quoted in China Business Law Journal (October 2011).
- "New Database a ‘Potential Tool’ for Companies Carrying Out Due Diligence,” Mr. Carlson was quoted in Butterworths Law Leader (March 13, 2012).
- "Chinese Companies and Anti-Corruption Compliance," 6th China New Energy International Forum (April 2012) (presented in Mandarin)
- "Successfully and Legally Doing Business with SOEs, Relatives of Officials, and Government Departments," Anti-Corruption China Summit (April 2012)
- "PRC Encryption Controls," 3rd Advanced Industry Summit on Complying with Global Encryption Controls (4/1/2012)
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