Overview

Erika Krum is an associate in Kirkland’s International Trade and National Security Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office. Erika advises clients on complex cross-border transactional and counseling matters related to U.S. national security and foreign investment, including reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), economic sanctions administered by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), export controls (ITAR/EAR), government contracts, antiboycott regulations and anti-corruption (FCPA). In addition, Erika has spent time in Kirkland’s London office focusing on global foreign investment control regimes.

Erika’s practice includes:

  • Advising private equity sponsors, asset managers, and operating companies on managing CFIUS, DCSA and other foreign investment considerations and risks across various investment scenarios, including fund formation, M&A, syndications, minority investments, joint ventures and exits.
  • Preparing CFIUS and other foreign investment control filings, and advocating throughout the filing review process, including meetings with CFIUS and its member agencies, as well as negotiating mitigation agreements.
  • Negotiating and implementing foreign ownership, control, or influence mitigation measures before DCSA, including the establishment of Security Control Agreements, Special Security Agreements and Proxy Board arrangements.
  • Advising on economic sanctions, export controls, AML/KYC and FCPA risks, particularly in connection with fundraising due diligence and lending and capital market transactions.
  • Advocating before BIS, DDTC and OFAC on matters such as license applications, voluntary self-disclosures and other filings.
  • Assisting companies in developing and implementing international risk compliance programs and conducting compliance training.

Erika has represented clients across a diverse range of industries, including aerospace and defense, biotechnology, cybersecurity, energy, financial services, real estate, semiconductor and telecommunications.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

"Foreign Investment Restrictions in US Real Estate: Recent Developments and Takeaways," PREA Quarterly, Spring 2023

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • District of Columbia

Education

  • Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.cum laude2020
    Solicitations Editor, Georgetown Journal of International Law
  • Georgetown University McCourt School of Public PolicyM.P.P.2020
  • Colgate UniversityB.A., Economics & Political Sciencecum laude2016