Former Us Under Secretary Of Commerce Mario Mancuso Joins Fried Frank, Expanding Firm's Global Trans

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Former US Under Secretary of Commerce Mario Mancuso Joins Fried Frank, Expanding Firm's Global

Transaction and Regulatory Capabilities


WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --


    Former US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security and

senior Pentagon official Mario Mancuso has joined Fried Frank as a partner

resident in its Washington, DC and New York offices. Mr. Mancuso is a

prominent authority on international security matters and the U.S.

government's regulation of international economic activities particularly

with respect to foreign direct investment in the US and US export control

laws and regulations. During his tenure in government, he played a leading

role in key initiatives including the regulation of foreign direct

investment; export controls, economic sanctions and anti-boycott programs;

and strategic technology and innovation policy. For example, Mr. Mancuso:


    - Served as a senior-decision-maker in the Committee on Foreign

      Investment in the United States (CFIUS), helped draft the implementing

      regulations for the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of

      2007 (FINSA), and reviewed more than 200 CFIUS transactions as a

      regulator;

    - Developed and implemented the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS)

      global export control, anti-boycott policy and enforcement program, and

      helped develop the international economic sanctions programs;

    - Chaired and supervised all of the international strategic technology

      dialogues for the United States, including the US-China High

      Technology and Strategic Trade Working Group, the US-India High

      Cooperation Group, and the US-Israel High Technology Forum; and

    - Served as an invited member of CFIUS Advisory Committee and Global

      Markets Board of the National Intelligence Council of the United

      States.


    "We are very pleased to welcome Mario to Fried Frank. He will be a

tremendous resource for the Firm's corporate and investment firm clients, as

we help them pursue their international business goals. We have seen a

significant increase in cross-border investment activity in the technology,

mining, defense and transportation sectors. Mario's ability to provide

strategic counsel in the area of foreign direct investment and export

controls will be of genuine benefit to our clients," said Valerie Ford Jacob,

Fried Frank's Chairperson.


    "Serving clients' transactional and business needs requires a

sophisticated ability to address the security, trade and economic issues

related to the sale and distribution of products and services in the global

marketplace," stated Robert C. Schwenkel, Chair of Fried Frank's Corporate

Department. "Mario's front-line experience and high-level expertise in these

areas will bring a valuable perspective to our representation of clients

around the globe."


    Mr. Mancuso's government experience includes positions as Deputy

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Counter Terrorism

and as a Special Counsel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A former

US Army officer, he is a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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    Prior to joining the government, Mario spent nearly a decade in the

private sector as a corporate lawyer advising clients on international

mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Mr. Mancuso was

most recently a partner at another leading international law firm.


    A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University, Mr. Mancuso received

his JD degree from the New York University School of Law. He is admitted to

the bar in the District of Columbia and New York.


    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is a leading international

law firm. From its offices in New York, Washington, London, Paris, Frankfurt,

Hong Kong and Shanghai, the Firm's more than 500 lawyers regularly serve the

world's leading corporations and financial institutions with regard to their

most critical legal needs and business opportunities. More information about




SOURCE: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson


    CONTACT: Jennifer Nash, Communications Manager, +1-212-859-4511,

jennifer.nash@friedfrank.com


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