Patrick Miller

Patrick Miller

Senior Associate Global Regulatory

Washington, D.C.

+1 202 637 6526

patrick.miller@hoganlovells.com

Patrick Miller

Overview
Experience
Credentials
Insights and events

Patrick Miller helps clients wade through the dynamic regulatory framework of U.S. international trade, handling export controls, sanctions, and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) matters. He advises clients on compliance with U.S. trade controls and investment restrictions across a variety of sectors and geographic regions.

Patrick supports clients in a range of trade controls matters, involving the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). He has significant experience with supporting companies in export classification and jurisdiction assessments, export licensing, reviewing businesses’ historic and current compliance with export controls and sanctions laws, and developing and implementing compliance policies. Patrick also regularly supports foreign investors and U.S. companies in assessing trade compliance risk for potential transactions.

Patrick also focuses his practice on CFIUS and other foreign investment matters, representing clients before CFIUS across the world and at every stage of the business cycle. Patrick leverages his corporate transactional knowledge with his in-depth experience with U.S. trade control regimes to support clients in navigating CFIUS’s jurisdictional rules and mandatory filing program requirements. Patrick has advised numerous U.S. and foreign companies in navigating the CFIUS filing and review process, responding to CFIUS requests for information, and receipt of CFIUS approval. He also advises companies on requirements emerging under the Treasury Department’s Outbound Investment Security Program.

Prior to law school, Patrick gained experience in foreign affairs as an intern at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Washington, D.C. In law school, Patrick served on the editorial board of the Virginia Journal of International Law. He also worked as a research assistant at UVA’s Center for National Security Law.

Representative experience

Represents numerous U.S. companies, start-ups, and foreign private equity and strategic investors, from the outset of the CFIUS submission process to receipt of CFIUS approval.

Advises a U.S. nuclear power start-up on analyzing CFIUS filing requirements related to repeat equity investments and business collaborations with Korean, Japanese, and Belgian investors.

Developed and supported implementation of ITAR, EAR, and sanctions compliance policies and procedures.

Represented U.S. companies in national security agreements and commitment letters in support of CFIUS mitigation and divestiture with the Treasury Department and other CFIUS member agencies.

Advised U.S. aerospace and defense start-ups, manufacturers, and service providers on assessment of ITAR registration, licensing, and notification requirements.

Assisted a global telecommunications company with global investigations and compliance audits under U.S. export control and sanctions laws, including review and disclosure of activities worldwide.

Assessed the applicability of Russia-related export controls and sanctions to a global aircraft services provider’s operations in Europe and Central Asia.,

Assisted a global aircraft services provider in responding to Commerce Department outreach and inquiries.

Supported domestic and foreign manufacturers, exporters, and technology companies in submission of voluntary disclosures to BIS and the DDTC.

Submitted commodity classification requests to BIS and commodity jurisdiction requests to DDTC.