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Peter Flanagan is a partner in our Washington office who concentrates in international trade matters and financial services regulation. He is a Vice Chair of the firm’s International Trade and Finance practice group.
Mr. Flanagan counsels clients on a broad range of compliance requirements involving questions of national security. These include most notably export controls, economic sanctions constraints, defense trade limitations, and the implications of related non-US requirements. He also advises on other international regulatory requirements that have a bearing on cross-border trade and investment. Mr. Flanagan has advised leading companies in the oil and gas sector, pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, defense contractors, manufacturing entities, financial institutions, software and high-technology concerns, and university-affiliated laboratories.
Representative Matters
- Coordinated internal investigation for leading multinational industrial company of compliance with Middle East trade sanctions programs, and represented the company in follow-on enforcement proceedings before the US Departments of Treasury and Commerce.
- Assisted leading life sciences company in the design and implementation of global trade compliance program.
- Represented US defense subcontractors in enforcement investigations and related export licensing initiatives before the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
Previous Experience
- Federal Reserve System, International Finance Division, Board of Governors (1987-1989)
Honors and Rankings
- Chambers USA, Leader in field of International Trade Law - Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (2005-2008)
- Chambers Global, Leader in field of International Trade Law- Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (2006-2007)
- Council on Foreign Relations, Former Term Member
Memberships and Affiliations
- The Woods Academy (Bethesda, Maryland), Trustee
- Georgetown University Law Center, Former Adjunct Professor co-teaching International Business Transactions
Publications and Speeches
- Regular speaker at trade compliance programs organized by groups such as the American Conference Institute, Practicing Law Institute, and International Financial Services Association.
- "Foreign Trade Controls," E-Commerce Law & Business (2003), Author
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