Overview
Scott Flicker is the Chair of the Paul Hastings Washington D.C. office and leader of the firm’s Global Trade Controls practice. Mr. Flicker advises clients in matters arising from cross-border mergers and acquisitions, financings and operations, including foreign investment reviews, export controls and trade sanctions, competition law, and trade agreements. He has been recognized as a leading practitioner before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), having represented both U.S. and non-U.S. companies in connection with some of the most reported cross-border investment transactions of the past decade.
Recognitions
- Legal 500, Leading Lawyer, International Trade: CFIUS
- Legal 500, Recommended for International Trade: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Chambers USA, International Trade: CFIUS Experts (2022-2024)
- Chambers USA, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (2022-2024)
- Ranked by Chambers USA Nationwide for International Trade: CFIUS Experts; and for International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (2018)
- Ranked by Chambers Global for International Trade: Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (2018)
- BTI Consulting Group, honored as Client Service All-Stars for 2018
- 2018 Acritas Star, honored as one of the most outstanding lawyers
Education
Mr. Flicker received his B.A. degree in Philosophy in 1985 from the University of California at Berkeley. He received his J.D. degree in 1988 from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Flicker awarded Best Third Year Advocate in UCLA School of Law Moot Court Honors Program.
Bar Admissions
Mr. Flicker is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and California. He has also been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Ninth and Federal Circuits, as well as numerous Federal district courts throughout the United States.
Representations
Global Compliance and International Trade. Mr. Flicker has:
- represented both acquiring and acquired interests in foreign investment/national security reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) under the Exon-Florio statute;
- conducted and supervised corporate internal investigations of reported economic sanctions or export control law violations;
- led and addressed compliance due diligence in the context of mergers and acquisitions and financings;
- negotiated and prepared international trade compliance terms, representations and warranties in acquisition, international distributor, sales and joint venture agreements;
- advised issuers and underwriters on global trade controls aspects of cross-border financings;
- designed and conducted in-house training programs on issues of international trade compliance for domestic and overseas personnel of multinational corporations;
- counseled clients on various aspects of U.S. export control and trade embargo laws administered by the U.S. State Department, U.S. Commerce Department and U.S. Treasury Department, including enforcement matters;
- advised and represented clients with respect to Section 337 actions in numerous industries, including semiconductor technology, pharmaceuticals and chemicals;
- represented foreign exporters and foreign governments in U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings;
- represented Chinese government and industry clients in proceedings before the International Trade Commission and the U.S. Trade Representative; and
- counseled clients in cases brought under Title III of the Trade Act of 1974 in the automotive, financial services and electronics industries.
Administrative Law and Appellate Practice. As a Washington, D.C.-based practitioner, Mr. Flicker has extensive administrative law experience, including District Court challenges under the Administrative Procedure Act, petitions for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and proceedings before the United States Supreme Court.
Prior to graduating from the UCLA School of Law, Mr. Flicker served as an extern clerk in the Chambers of Hon. William A. Norris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.