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About Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Global clients in major markets increasingly encounter parallel regulatory enforcement regimes and proceedings with cross-border impacts. Reed Smith's Global Regulatory Enforcement (GRE) practice group is comprised of lawyers equipped to handle enforcement and regulatory issues across those regimes and disciplines, and to do so with deep experience in numerous industries, and in dealing with the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government. To ensure that our audience is receiving timely updates on the global regulatory and enforcement issues affecting their different practices and industries, Reed Smith's GRE practice group is pleased to launch Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog.
On our blog, we will regularly report and analyze key regulatory and enforcement legal issues in the United States and across the globe, including issues affecting antitrust and competition, exports and customs, government contracts, government and white collar investigations, environmental law, data security, public policy, and securities. The blog is written and maintained by our attorneys in GRE. It will list postings by category and will maintain searchable archives.
About Us
This blog is edited and maintained by Editor-in-Chief Jim Gallatin and Co-Managing Editors Greg Jacobs and Rosanne Kay.
Jim is the Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Group, which includes more than 120 lawyers around the world who focus primarily on the areas of government investigations, antitrust, securities, exports and customs, and government contracts. He has more than 30 years of experience in government, in house, and private practice, and currently focuses on conducting and defending government investigations, and structuring and implementing compliance programs on a global as well as federal, state, and local level. He mainly represents companies in the electronics, defense, and health care industries, and is the principal outside counsel to numerous Fortune 100 corporations.
In the United States, Jim advises clients on contracting with virtually every principal defense and civilian agency, including all DoD departments, GSA, NASA, DoE, NIH, and the VA, and has testified as an expert in FSS/MAS contracting. He has arbitrated and litigated cases before boards of contract appeals, the Court of Federal Claims, and various U.S. District Courts. Jim has extensive experience in conducting internal investigations, preparing and negotiating voluntary disclosures, and drafting and implementing government contracts compliance programs. He has also handled a variety of disputes on behalf of prime and subcontractors, and has designed and litigated challenges to proposals for outsourcing and A-76 program competitions.
Internationally, Jim has managed internal investigations and financial reviews involving complex revenue and accounting issues, spanning 140 countries and billions of dollars in revenues. Jim has also represented various U.S. corporations in structuring domestic and international project finance transactions in numerous countries throughout Asia and Eastern Europe, including China, India, Poland, Hungary, Pakistan, and Russia.
Greg's practice involves assisting clients with a variety of issues relating to government contracts, procurement integrity, multiple award schedule contracting, and government ethics. Greg has represented clients in bid protest actions at the Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and various state and local tribunals, as well representing clients in Contract Disputes Act cases before Boards of Contract Appeals. Greg has also conducted internal investigations relating to government contracts compliance and procurement integrity issues.
Greg also counsels clients on U.S. export controls and compliance matters under the Department of State, Department of Commerce, and Department of Treasury regulations. His work includes conducting internal investigations and preparing disclosures to the government in a variety of matters relating to international trade. Greg has also represented clients in matters before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS").
Finally, Greg serves as outside general counsel to several trade associations and works with other nonprofit organizations on a wide range of matters, including corporate governance, affinity partnerships, and election-related issues.
Rosanne Kay
Rosanne focuses on financial services disputes, banking disputes, professional negligence claims and general commercial litigation. She also has experience in arbitration and mediation.
In 2007/2008, Rosanne spent 12 months on secondment in the Enforcement Division of the Financial Services Authority ("FSA"), where she was case lawyer on a number of enforcement actions involving significant financial institutions and individuals, and relating to issues such as systems and controls, the sale of payment protection insurance, client money handling and prudential resources.
