Mahmoud (Mac) Fadlallah focuses his practice on export controls and economic sanctions. Mr. Fadlallah regularly advises clients on compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the State Department’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions. Mr. Fadlallah’s representative export control matters include—
- drafting voluntary disclosures and ITAR agreements submitted to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)
- preparing commodity jurisdiction requests to DDTC and commodity classification requests to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- counseling clients on matters related to encryption, including obtaining encryption registrations and preparing encryption classification requests
- advising clients on self-classifying their products, technology, software and technical data under the United States Munitions List or the Commerce Control List
- completing BIS, ITAR, and OFAC license applications as well as ITAR registration applications for manufacturers, exporters and brokers of defense articles
- conducting corporate internal investigations and facilitating export control compliance audits
- preparing general and topic-specific export controls and sanctions compliance trainings, manuals and memoranda.
Outside of export controls, Mr. Fadlallah counsels clients on compliance with regulations administered by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), including responding to DEA audits, requests and potential enforcement actions. He has also engaged in pro bono representation of abused immigrant women seeking relief under the Violence Against Women Act.
Mr. Fadlallah received his B.A. in 2004 from the University of Michigan. He earned his J.D. in 2008 from the University of Minnesota, where he completed a concentration in international human rights law and served on the editorial board of the Minnesota Law Review.
Mr. Fadlallah is a member of the District of Columbia and New York bars.