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Mark D. Herlach

Partner
Global Co-Chair of Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment

Mark is an international lawyer with a practice focused on energy, international trade and national security matters. 

A member of Eversheds Sutherland (US) Energy Group, Mark leads the international trade practice and the Nuclear Energy team. He also served as the founding chair of the firm’s Cybersecurity and Privacy team. He has played a leading role in resolving some of the most significant international trade disputes, involving vital products such as automobiles, semiconductors, steel and uranium. Before joining Eversheds Sutherland (US), Mark was a partner at a major international law firm based in New York and led that firm’s international trade practice in Washington.

Mark acts for clients in a broad range of complex matters, including international mergers and acquisitions, trade remedies, internal investigations relating to export control and sanctions compliance, and international boundary disputes. He routinely advises on defense, foreign investment, government policy, industrial security (FOCI), and international trade and sanctions matters.

Mark frequently speaks on energy and international trade issues and has particular experience with advanced technologies and the digital economy. He represents clients before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the US International Trade Commission, the US Department of Commerce, and federal agencies and courts throughout the country. Mark also serves on the roster of US panelists to resolve international trade disputes under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the successor to NAFTA.

  • Advised multinational energy companies on boundary disputes in Asia and the Middle East.
  • Counsel for the US uranium mining industry in the Section 232 national security investigation of uranium imports.
  • Lead counsel for British Nuclear Fuels plc in the acquisition of ABB’s global nuclear energy businesses for $485 million.
  • Impact of Biden administration policies on the global technology sector, March 24, 2021
  • The current state of the US trade policy towards China and what it means for your business, October 21, 2020
  • The dynamics of US-China relations, October 8, 2020
  • COVID-19 impact on doing business in the US, April 24, 2020
  • International trade issues in the diversified industrials sector, July 10, 2019
  • Trump and Trade: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, June 12, 2019, The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of international trade and finance law (2016-2024)
  • Chairman, British-American Business Association
  • Member, roster of US panelists that resolves international trade disputes under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
  • Member, Legal Advisory Committee, Nuclear Energy Institute
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • B.A., with honors, Stanford University
  • J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School,

    Note Editor, Michigan Law Review

Mark Herlach

Partner

Global Co-Chair of Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment

Mark Herlach

Partner

Global Co-Chair of Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment

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