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Alexandra Francis

Associate

Washington +1 202 662 5917 afrancis@cov.com Download V-card

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Alexandra Francis is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office. She advises clients in matters relating to U.S. trade controls regulations administered by the State Department and Commerce Department; as well as economic sanctions programs administered by the Treasury Department. Ms. Francis also participates in advising clients on public international law issues related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. She previously resided in Jordan, Syria, Turkey, and Egypt and is proficient in Arabic.

Advises companies on submission of voluntary disclosures to the Department of Commerce and Department of the Treasury.
Counsels clients in the financial services sector concerning the application of U.S. sanctions against Iran.
Counsels clients in the humanitarian sector on the application of U.S. sanctions and humanitarian licensing programs.
Advises client on public international law issues related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Advising an international humanitarian organization on trade controls compliance matters.

Summer Associate, State Department Office of the Legal Advisor (2017)
Summer Associate, Office of the White House Counsel (2016)
Fulbright Scholar in Amman, Jordan (2013-2014)
Junior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2012-2013)

U.S. Department of Commerce Adds 28 Chinese Entities to the Entity List

On October 9, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a Final Rule adding 20 Chinese government entities and eight Chinese private sector entities (“Listed Entities”) to the Entity List maintained by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”).

Covington Represents Ukraine in Securing Order for Release of Servicemen and Naval Vessels

WASHINGTON—Advised by Covington, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs secured a significant victory against the Russian Federation in a dispute arising under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“ITLOS”), a 21-judge international tribunal based in Hamburg, ordered Russia to release three Ukrainian naval ...

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Alexandra Francis

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U.S. Department of Commerce Adds 28 Chinese Entities to the Entity List

Covington Represents Ukraine in Securing Order for Release of Servicemen and Naval Vessels

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Yale Law School, J.D., 2018

Davidson College, B.A., 2012

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