Private Advisory and Representation

As a firm, Lexpat leverages the experience of teammates who have lived and worked in dozens of countries to understand and counsel clients on local and regional legal frameworks, systems, customs, requirements, and risks.

  • Risk Assessment and Management:  With Lexpat’s range of legal and security expertise, we know how to identify potential threats to your organization caused by potential political shifts or other destabilizing or security concerns in any given place around the world.  We help companies and employees better understand, manage, and mitigate their risks in a way that provides awareness and peace of mind for boards, executives, and employees, alike.  We offer solutions to help you minimize risk while maximizing opportunity.  Our services include:
    • New market entry assessments
    • Enterprise risk management solutions
    • Political and security risk, and vulnerability assessments
    • Horizon scanning and predictive analysis
    • Scenario planning and red teaming
    • Operational resilience and continuity
    • On-site table-top exercises and capacity building sessions on risk management
    • Physical security assessments and recommendations
    • Institutional SOP development, implementation counseling, and training
  • International Transactions and Investment Counseling:  Our team members have experience living and working in every region of the world and bring the geostrategic and cultural insights that allow us to identify, understand, and mitigate risks in a rapidly evolving political and business environment.  Our scope of services includes:
    • Assessing legal and political risk in cross-border transactions and investments
    • Political and diplomatic consulting
    • Global energy, climate, and resource consulting
    • Advice on navigating and compliance with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
    • Export controls licensing including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) & Bureau of Industry Security (BIS)
    • Economic, Social, and Governance, (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
    • Advise clients on potential intellectual property (IP) implications of global operations
  • Investigations, Litigation, White Collar Practice, and Compliance Assurance:  Lexpat’s lawyers and consultants are experienced practitioners and advisors in anticorruption, antitrust, financial crimes, procurement fraud, and sanctions compliance.  Our practice includes:
    • Conducting and assisting investigations, and helping clients develop and implement compliance regimes to help them navigate complex webs of regulations
    • Corporate governance and general counsel services
    • Conflicts counsel and ethics advice
    • Cybersecurity, privacy, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
    • Freedom of Information Act requests
    • Litigation support in U.S. federal courts, in courts of U.S. states in which our attorneys are licensed, and before the Court of Justice of the European Union
    • Law enforcement and government regulator liaison
    • Expert witnesses
  • Strategic Reviews, Assessments & Planning: Lexpat draws on the executive, management, and planning experience of our team to support the future success of your organization. We have experience conducting strategic reviews and assessments of complex organizations, helping them to determine their own future with our facilitation. Our services and process include:
    • 360 Interviews with Executive, Senior, Mid-level and Working-level staff that solicit honest feedback while building trust and engagement with the process
    • Surveys, questionnaires, virtual white boarding, and other tools to collect written, anonymous, or large volumes of feedback
    • Strategic, Operational, Management, and Programmatic Analysis
    • Inclusive Planning Process that creates buy-in and ownership within the organization for the final product
    • Drafting strategic plans to reflect and align with the goals of the client
    • Produce actionable recommendations; capable of follow through their implementation

The above services are provided in a variety of regions and operating environments, including in the maritime sector.  For more information and to schedule a consultation, contact us at [email protected].