Daanish Hamid

Daanish Hamid is a partner in PLG’s Washington, DC office. His practice covers international investigations, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions. He has significant experience advising clients on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws, anti-money laundering/anti-terrorist financing requirements, anti-fraud statutes, and OFAC sanctions and embargoes.

He also guides clients on national security reviews of foreign direct investments and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Hamid has negotiated multiple successful filings with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He also represents companies before the Department of Justice (Fraud Section), the Securities and Exchange Commission (Division of Enforcement), the Department of the Treasury (OIS, FinCEN, and OFAC), the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and other U.S. government agencies.

Mr. Hamid has led numerous matters in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. He is the author of the FCPA chapter of the Third Edition of Corruption and Misuse of Public Office, a leading treatise published by Oxford University Press. He has a law degree with honors from the University of Oxford and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School, where he was a member of the International Law Review.