Caroline E. Brown
Overview
Caroline E. Brown is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement and International Trade groups and the steering committee of the firm's National Security Practice. She provides strategic advice to clients on national security matters, including anti-money laundering (AML) and economic sanctions compliance and enforcement challenges, investigations, and cross border transactions, including review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector (Team Telecom).
Career & Education
- Department of the Treasury
Attorney-Advisor, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Attorney-Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, Enforcement and Intelligence, 2015 – 2019 - The White House
Detailed from DOJ to the White House Office of Communications, 2010 – 2011 - Department of Justice: National Security Division
Attorney-Advisor, 2009 – 2015
- Department of the Treasury
- Duke University, B.A., 1998
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2002
- District of Columbia
- New York
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Council on Foreign Relations, Life Member
- National Security Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
- Socrates Scholar, Aspen Institute
- Atlantik-Brucke
Caroline's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.26.24
CFIUS Proposes Enhanced Enforcement and Mitigation Rules and Steeper Penalties for Non-Compliance
On April 11, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) announced proposed amendments to its enforcement and mitigation regulations, marking the first substantive update to CFIUS’s mitigation and enforcement provisions since the enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018. The Committee issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM”) that would modify the regulations that apply to certain investments and acquisitions, as well as real estate transactions, by foreign persons as follows:
Publication | 04.15.24
Press Coverage | 04.09.24
Czech Arms Company Reassures CFIUS Over Purchase Of US Ammunition Business
Client Alert | 5 min read | 04.03.24
Practices
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- Human Rights and Forced Labor
- International Trade Investigations
- Economic Sanctions
- Congressional Investigations
- Supply Chain Management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Financial Services
- Digital Assets and Payments
- Financial Services Regulatory and Enforcement
Caroline's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.26.24
CFIUS Proposes Enhanced Enforcement and Mitigation Rules and Steeper Penalties for Non-Compliance
On April 11, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) announced proposed amendments to its enforcement and mitigation regulations, marking the first substantive update to CFIUS’s mitigation and enforcement provisions since the enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018. The Committee issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM”) that would modify the regulations that apply to certain investments and acquisitions, as well as real estate transactions, by foreign persons as follows:
Publication | 04.15.24
Press Coverage | 04.09.24
Czech Arms Company Reassures CFIUS Over Purchase Of US Ammunition Business
Client Alert | 5 min read | 04.03.24