Avocats – United States

Les P. Carnegie

Les Carnegie advises companies, financial institutions, and private equity funds, both in the US and globally, on their outbound and inbound business transactions. He helps clients navigate US export controls, sanctions, and foreign investment reviews by CFIUS. He co-leads Latham’s Economic Sanctions & Export Controls Practice, and the CFIUS & US National Security Practice. Les advises clients on legal, policy, and enforcement issues arising under: US trade and economic sanctions US export controls National security reviews of foreign investments in the US conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Les draws on strong working relationships with regulators and two decades of legal experience to help clients understand legal restrictions and requirements, secure licensing, make voluntary disclosures and respond to enforcement actions, as well as maintain compliance with various US legal regimes, including: National security reviews before CFIUS US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) US Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) US Department of Commerce’s Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR), and antiboycott regulations He has developed particular insight on key strategic industries, including: Banking and financial services Energy Life Sciences/Biotechnology Aerospace/Defense Consumer/Retail goods Hospitality/Entertainment Not-for-profit NGOs/Tax-exempt organizations Les frequently writes and speaks on sanctions and CFIUS topics. Les organized and edited the first Foreign Direct Investment Regimes app, covering investment from several global jurisdictions. He clerked for Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Latham & Watkins

Lesley Lewis

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

Lesley Portnoy

Of Counsel

Pomerantz LLP

Leslie (Les) B. Reese III

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Leslie A. Klein

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Leslie Evans

Partner

Withers

Leslie Hansen

Leslie Hansen focuses on energy commodity and other hedging transactions. Since 1999, she has handled all aspects of structuring, documenting and negotiating various financial derivative and physically settled products, with an emphasis on energy commodities. Leslie advises corporate clients and financial institutions in secured hedging transactions, structured commodity transactions, energy trading, operational matters, acquisitions and divestitures. She also has experience in developing and negotiating industry standard and bespoke trading documentation, as well as related transaction documents for financial and physical commodity transactions.

Bracewell LLP

Leslie Miller Tomczak

Office Managing Partner

Akerman LLP

Leslie Okinaka

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Leslie Overton

Partner and Chief Workplace Culture & Opportunity Officer

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Leslie Schmidt

Leslie is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice focuses on patent and trade-secret litigation. Leslie has first-chair experience and represents clients in complex disputes in federal court, at the U.S. International Trade Commission and in arbitration. Since 2019, she has represented clients in IP litigations that resulted in jury verdicts of over $1.8 billion in damages and the entry of several permanent injunctions. Leslie also has significant experience with global FRAND litigation, and has tried and argued unique FRAND issues, and has coordinated strategy across multiple jurisdictions. Leslie’s practice involves a wide range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical devices, semiconductors, mobile devices, software, batteries, and oil and gas technology. Leslie has also argued before the Seventh Circuit. Leslie is a consistent recipient of Kirkland’s Pro Bono Service Award. Leslie was recognized in litigation in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals in 2024–2025. She was named to “40 & Under Hot List” by Benchmark Litigation in 2020–2022 and recognized as a 2019 “Rising Star” in Intellectual Property Litigation by Law360. She was also included in Law360’s “Legal Lions” feature in February 2020 for her work for Motorola Solutions.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Leslie Schreyer

Norton Rose Fulbright

Leslie Selig Byrd

Leslie Selig Byrd has 35 years of experience exclusively representing employers in labor and employment issues and controversies. She has been involved in hundreds of administrative investigations, as well as administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the United States Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Leslie defends employers in federal and state employment law motion practice and litigation, and is also a qualified mediator, limiting her work as a mediator to labor and employment litigation.

Bracewell LLP

Leslie Smith

Leslie Smith is a litigation partner and was a long-time member of the Firm’s Global Management Committee. She concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial, class action and product liability litigation. In 2017 she was selected to the Crain’s Chicago Business “Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago” list.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lester Houtz

Bartlit Beck LLP

Lester J. Perling

Partner

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Lev Dassin

Lev L. Dassin's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including white-collar criminal defense, crisis management, regulatory enforcement and internal investigations.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Levi Stoneking

Levi Stoneking concentrates his practice on tax-exempt financings, tax credits and governmental contracts at the federal, state and local levels, with a special focus on affordable housing projects. His experience includes work on various corporate finance transactions, including asset based loans, acquisitions and restructurings. He routinely counsels clients on general corporate governance and compliance matters. Levi also has significant experience negotiating specialized credit facilities for major private equity sponsors operating in multiple sectors, including energy, infrastructure and real estate. Prior to attending law school, Levi sold real estate in New York City.

Bracewell LLP

Lewis Csedrik

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Lewis Goss

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Lewis Greenwald

Lew has more than 30 years of deep technical experience in U.S. international tax planning, U.S. international tax compliance and controversy, and transfer pricing. His practice focuses on the provision of international tax planning for multinational corporations, entrepreneurs, and high-net worth individuals, including: Tax-efficient acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and repatriations Migrating intellectual property (IP) Debt/equity determinations; bad debt/worthless stock deductions Transfer pricing planning (establishing, documenting, and pricing intercompany relationships) and transfer pricing controversies U.S. international tax compliance (IRS Forms 5471, 5472, 8865, 8858, 8621, and 3520), with a view to the avoidance of penalties and statute of limitation issues Cross-border foreign currency transactions Voluntary disclosures and expatriations (including relocations to Puerto Rico)

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Lewis Kneib

Lewis Kneib, Global Co-Chair of the firm's REIT Industry Group, focuses on corporate finance and company representation. Lewis is particularly skilled with transactions in the real estate, hospitality, gaming, consumer retail, and alternative asset management industries. He previously served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Los Angeles Corporate Department. His practice includes: IPO and first-time issuer transactions Registered equity and debt offerings Private placements PIPEs Debt tender and exchange offers and consent solicitations SEC reporting and corporate governance

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Liman

Lewis J. Liman is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Liman is an experienced commercial litigator and appellate lawyer. Mr. Liman's practice focuses on securities and commercial litigation; white collar criminal defense and governmental investigations. He has represented numerous companies, individuals, and financial institutions in complex commercial litigation and governmental and internal investigations. He has also successfully argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits, and in the courts of New York State.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Lewis R. Clayton

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP