Fatema Merchant

Photo of Fatema Merchant Fatema Merchant is a partner in the Government Contracts, Investigations and International Trade and White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Practice Groups in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.

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First-Ever Executive Order on CFIUS Highlights Biden’s National Security Priorities

By Reid Whitten, Fatema Merchant, Brian Weimer and Claire Le Tollec* on November 29, 2022 Posted in CFIUS

CFIUS 최초의 행정명령으로 본 바이든의 국가 안보 우선순위 U.S. President Biden signed the first-ever Executive Order (E.O.) on CFIUS – the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States – on September 15, 2022. While the E.O. does not substantively change CFIUS’s jurisdiction or the legal process, the Biden Administration provides some explicit guidance on … Continue Reading

President Trump’s Decertification of the Iran Nuclear Agreement: What It Means and What’s Next

By Reid Whitten, J. Scott Maberry, Fatema Merchant and Julien Blanquart on November 1, 2017 Posted in Sanctions

한국어 번역문은 이곳을 클릭해주시기 바랍니다. HERE WE ANSWER A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE What does decertification mean? For the time being, decertification is a solely U.S. issue. Under the Iran nuclear agreement (known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), Iran agreed to limits on its nuclear program in … Continue Reading

Government Contracting Abroad: Beware Compliance Risks

By Fatema Merchant on July 28, 2015 Posted in FCPA/Investigation

한국어 번역문은 이곳을 클릭해주시기 바랍니다. On June 16, 2015, IAP Worldwide Services Inc., a private defense and government contracting company, agreed to pay $7.1 million to settle criminal charges of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) related to bribing Kuwaiti government officials to secure a Kuwaiti government contract. On the same day, James Michael … Continue Reading