Edward L. Rubinoff focuses on international trade policy and regulation and heads the firm’s export control and economic sanctions practice.
Mr. Rubinoff is a recognized authority on U.S. international trade controls, including export controls, economic sanctions, antiboycott regulations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He has been listed in the top tier of leading export control and economic sanction lawyers and as an FCPA expert by Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2011) and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2011) Mr. Rubinoff is listed in the 2011-2012 edition of Who’s Who in American Law. He was one of three export practitioners named by The Ethisphere Institute in its first annual list of Attorneys Who Matter (2009), which recognized more than 100 attorneys who excel in corporate compliance.
Mr. Rubinoff counsels domestic and foreign companies on compliance with U.S. international trade control laws, conducts internal investigations and audits, designs and assesses compliance programs, and represents clients in civil and criminal enforcement cases. In addition, Mr. Rubinoff advises and represents both foreign and domestic companies regarding national security reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States under the Exon-Florio law. His clients have included companies in the telecommunications, computer, software, technology, electronics, energy, defense, aerospace, chemical, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, transportation, financial services, private equity, entertainment and equipment sectors.
Mr. Rubinoff served as a member of the President’s Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration, which advises the president and the U.S. government on the development and implementation of U.S. export controls and security-related trade. He was chair and vice-chair of the Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law and Practice, a member of the Section’s governing council, and editor-in-chief of the Section’s newsletter, the International Law News. Mr. Rubinoff was appointed a director of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, and, in that capacity, has traveled to Russia, China, Ukraine, Belarus and Latvia to advise government officials in those countries on the development of export control regimes. He was selected to serve on binational dispute resolution panels under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Mr. Rubinoff lectures and writes extensively on the subject of export trade controls.
Mr. Rubinoff received his B.A. with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and his J.D. with honors from the National Law Center of George Washington University in 1975. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars and is admitted to practice before a number of federal courts.