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Eric Carlson practices in the firm’s international and food & drug 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 also counsels clients on US export controls, economic sanctions, trade policy, and food & drug regulatory and investigative matters.
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.
- 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 (2011)
Pro Bono
- Assisting The Nature Conservancy with various regulatory compliance issues.
- Representing nationals of Cameroon and Nepal in seeking political asylum in the United States.
Publications and Speeches
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