Lauren Talerman Bio

Lauren advises on export controls, sanctions, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering (AML) laws and regulations for a diverse array of global clients given her central location in Dubai. Lauren also supports clients in conducting internal investigations and risk assessments and represents clients facing government investigations and enforcement actions concerning trade controls, including sanctions regulations administered by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. export controls, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Lauren also counsels clients in connection with proposed transactions and business relationships by conducting due diligence in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and other corporate and financial transactions. Prior to joining Akin, Lauren was an associate at another major international law firm in Washington, D.C. She also worked as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) counterterrorism analyst for a defense contractor; a field officer in Iraq and foreign affairs officer in Washington, D.C. with the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation’s Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction; and as a legal intern in the DOJ’s National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.