Eli Rymland-Kelly
Eli Rymland-Kelly maintains an international trade and national security practice focused on US economic sanctions administered by the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He counsels US and non-US multinational companies, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, and other clients across a broad range of sectors and industries on sanctions compliance, risk management, and regulatory matters. He regularly conducts internal investigations, responds to administrative subpoenas and governmental inquiries, prepares voluntary self-disclosures, develops compliance programs, and counsels clients on enforcement matters and transactional due diligence in connection with mergers, acquisitions, investments, and other cross-border transactions.
Eli has experience obtaining and advising clients on both specific licenses and general licenses issued by OFAC. He coordinates regularly with colleagues across multiple jurisdictions to help clients navigate overlapping sanctions regimes and conflicts of law, including those arising under the blocking statutes and countermeasures of the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, and China.
Eli also represents individuals and entities seeking removal from US sanctions and restricted party lists, including the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List and the US Department of Commerce's Entity List. He assists clients in preparing delisting and removal requests, engaging with governmental agencies, and developing legal and factual submissions to support reconsideration and removal from US government restricted-party lists.
In addition, he advises on a broad range of US national security regulatory regimes, including export controls administered by the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), foreign investment reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the US Outbound Investment Security Program, and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). He advises clients on compliance, regulatory filings, risk assessments, and transactional structuring under these regimes, including in connection with mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, and other cross-border transactions. He helps companies, investors, and other stakeholders navigate the national security and regulatory considerations that arise in cross-border transactions, investments, and commercial activities.
