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Janis H. Brennan
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Janis Brennan brings both transactional and dispute resolution experience to her extensive international practice. On the transactional side she has assisted clients with investment, venture capital, privatization and commercial contracts in such diverse geographic areas as Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and Russia. Part of her contractual work involves the creation of joint ventures, licensing agreements, distributorships and agencies in various countries. In these and other matters, her international business knowledge gives guidance to clients on the legal, political, and practical aspects of doing business in foreign markets and in the United States.
Project finance and infrastructure projects are central to the global business counsel that Janis provides. She structures public/private partnerships for international infrastructure projects and related project financing, negotiating such transactions on behalf of both corporate and governmental clients.
In the area of commercial disputes, Janis regularly litigates claims against foreign country governments and their state-owned corporations. She also helps both private sector and national government clients resolve investment controversies, and is knowledgeable about litigation under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Janis has successfully arbitrated international commercial and investment disputes under the arbitration rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, American Arbitration Association, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, and various commodities associations.
Bars and Court Admissions
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
professional / civic involvement
Arbitrator in International Chamber of Commerce and American Arbitration Association international arbitration cases
American Bar Association International Section, Member
American Bar Association, Working Group of the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction & Judgments, Member
publications
Janis H. Brennan and Andrew B. Loewenstein, Supreme Court Decides Important Foreign Sovereign Immunity Issues: Dole Food Corp. v. Patrickson, INTERNATIONAL LAW NEWS (Summer 2003).
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