Faegre Drinker snaps up former OFAC sanctions advisor

The new recruit will join the firm’s Washington, DC office.

The new recruit will join the firm’s Washington, DC office.

International law firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath has recruited Diego Ortega for its Washington, DC office. A former sanctions regulations advisor for the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Ortega joins the firm’s customs and international trade team as government and regulatory counsel.

Faegre Drinker’s customs and international trade team leader Randy Rucker commented: “Diego brings a breadth of experience from his years with OFAC and will be tremendous for clients facing complex regulatory issues. He will be an important asset for our team when working with different federal agencies, and we’re excited to have him onboard.”  

In his OFAC role, Ortega worked on the development, drafting and publishing of regulations and general licences relating to US economic sanctions authorities, as well as offering advice on sanctions-related regulatory matters to interagency partners, such as the US Departments of State and Commerce, and the National Security Council. He has also worked with international law firms King & Spalding, Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis.

Ortega’s practice centres on international trade and national security, representing both US and non-US multinationals from the aviation, consumer goods, energy, healthcare and pharmaceutical, logistics, manufacturing, and software sectors. His expertise relates in particular to export controls, sanctions, customs laws and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States reviews, as well as corporate transactions with international trade and national security implications, such as mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border transactions.

His experience also includes guiding clients through corporate compliance initiatives, internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, licencing, and voluntary self-disclosures.

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