Paul Marquardt

Head of our Foreign Investment & National Security Practice at Davis Polk

Speaker

Paul is a partner in Davis Polk’s Washington, D.C. office and the head of the firm’s multinational Foreign Investment and National Security practice. He is a leading national security lawyer with over three decades of experience in economic sanctions, foreign investment reviews and other cross-border financial issues. He advises a wide range of clients around the world on ‎the application of U.S. sanctions laws, for which he is recognized by peers and by regulators as a leading expert, as well as export control, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption matters. Mr. Marquardt is also a leading practitioner before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), with a national and international reputation for CFIUS and other foreign direct investment reviews. His practice includes diligence, advisory, compliance, ‎internal investigations and enforcement matters, and he has a broad range of cross-border transactional ‎experience.

Paul is regularly rated among the nation’s best foreign investment and national security lawyers. Clients tell Chambers that Paul “shows a true command of U.S. sanctions law” and is able “to think of concrete and unique solutions for complex problems.” He is described as “phenomenal,” “brilliant” and “truly an effective, helpful and responsive” lawyer.