“McDermott, Will & Emery is one of the largest international law firms headquartered in the United States, with approximately 800 lawyers located in 13 offices. These offices are located in the following cities: Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; London, United Kingdom; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Moscow, Russian Federation; Newport Beach, California; New York City, New York; Silicon Valley-Menlo Park, California; Silicon Valley-San Jose, California; St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Washington, D.C.

Approximately 10% of the firm focuses principally on international/business/commercial/ regulatory/tax and related matters and transactions. Within the international group, the firm has a very active and significant practice that specializes in issues and transactions involving Spanish-speaking/ Latin American countries. The head of this group is Mr. Adolfo R. Garcia, based in the Boston, Massachusetts, office, who also heads the international practice in that office.

McDermott, Will & Emery has a sub-group that follows closely developments concerning the Republic of Cuba and matters that impact doing business with the Republic of Cuba, including the applicable United States laws and regulations such as the Helms-Burton Act and the various regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C.

In addition to Mr. Adolfo Garcia, who focuses on corporate and transactional matters, another partner who follows the Republic of Cuba and Republic of Cuba-related issues most closely is Mr. David A. Baron, based in the Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Baron is the prime contact for matters of public international and United States domestic law, as well as, regulatory and other OFAC-related matters.

We believe that while operating within the very strict and limited parameters in which United States lawyers can function with regard to the Republic of Cuba under applicable United States laws and regulations, we are very well qualified and able to assist United States-based and non-United States-based clients and others in this area and we have laid the foundation to be able to do so in a broader manner when and if United States laws and regulations allow. Moreover, United States lawyers and business may, without restriction, voice their view regarding the future of United States policy toward the Republic of Cuba before the United States Congress and the Executive Branch of government, as our McDermott, Will & Emery has done over the years.”

“Robert Muse is an attorney (District of Columbia Bar) whose practice is devoted exclusively to public and private international law. Among his clients are major U.S. and foreign corporations engaged in international trade and foreign direct investment. Mr. Muse also serves as General Counsel to the United Nations’ designated trade facilitation body in the United States - the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD). (NCITD’s current board of directors includes representatives from the following NCITD member companies: Federal Express; Citicorp; Union Carbide; DuPont; General Electric; Sealand and Mitsui). In connection with his expertise on U.S. laws relating to Cuba, Mr. Muse has spoken at conferences in Ottawa; Madrid; Barcelona; Miami; New York; San Francisco; the Hague; Brussels and Washington, D.C. Among the sponsors of these conferences were the Brookings Institute (D.C.); the Institute for European-Latin American Relations (Madrid); and the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (Ottawa). He has, in addition, testified on international law issues before the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate; the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee of the Canadian House of Commons; the Trade Subcommitte of the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and the External Economic Relations Committee of the European Parliament (Brussels) as well as the Parliament’s inter-party group on Cuba (Strasbourg). Mr. Muse has commented on international legal issues on the following television and radio broadcasts: CNN, BBC, CBC, NPR, PBS, and NBC and he has been quoted on various legal topics in, among other publications, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, the Financial Times, USA Today, the Miami Herald, the National Law Journal and a variety of Canadian, Mexican, and European publications including Toronto’s Globe and Mail, Spain’s El Pais, and Mexico’s Epoca.

Mr. Muse is a member of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association and the American Society of International Law. He serves on the External Advisory Board of Tulane University’s Cuban Studies Institute. Recent publications include The Nationality of Claims Principle of Public International Law and the Helms-Burton Act, (University of California, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 1997); A Public International Law Critique of the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the Helms-Burton Act, (George Washington University, Journal of International Law and Economics, 1998); La Fragilidad Ante El Derecho Internacional de La Legislacion de Las EE.UU. Sobre Cuba, Una Neueva Politica Hacia Cuba, (Fundacion Dialogos, Madrid, 1997). Forthcoming publications include an extensive treatment of the recent EU/U.S. global agreement on private sector investment in expropriated properties and a chapter in a book on U.S.-Cuba relations to be published in October, 1998 by the Olaf Palme Institute, Stockholm.

Mr. Muse began practice in Washington, D.C. in 1984. Before establishing a firm specializing in international law in 1991, Mr. Muse was associated with the law firms of Barnett & Alagia and Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler where among other things he litigated securities cases and served as lead counsel in several treaty extraditions involving the U.K. and the U.S. A native of Southern Arizona, Mr. Muse is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Law School (LL.M. in international law). Before beginning legal studies and practice in Washington, D.C., he qualified as a barrister (Middle Temple) in England.”

“DiGenova & Toensing provide clients, both corporate and individual, with representation at the investigative, grand jury, trial, and appellate stages, as well as, before the Departments of Justice, State, and Treasury, and other agencies, working with all levels within those agencies, including general counsels and inspectors general.

The partnership includes a former United States Attorney and a former United States Deputy Attorney General, who were also both Chief Counsels for United States Senate committees, and former Assistant United States Attorneys. Both partners are accomplished trial lawyers. Specific areas of expertise include:

General Criminal Defense. We represent United States, as well as, foreign corporations and individuals in such criminal matters as:

The firm also represents clients charged with crimes in foreign countries and coordinates their defense with overseas counsel.  It assists in the selection of such counsel.  It defends against extradition to foreign countries and to the United States.  This transnational representation is of great assistant to family members or corporate employers whose relatives of employees may become enmeshed in an unknown legal system outside the United States.

Internal Investigations, Compliance Programs and Audits.  We conduct corporate investigation and legal audits enabling a client to decide how to proceed, including cooperation with authorities, defense strategy, and creation or improvement of existing internal compliance programs.  In particular, we counsel on compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its pre-clearance Department of Justice Opinion process, advise financial institutions and other businesses on compliance with the United States Department of the Treasury money laundering guidelines, and obtain Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licenses for transactions in countries requiring them.  Our work with OFAC covers many years of intimate dealings with that agency on food, technology, and other matters.  We enjoy a good working relationship with this key trade and licensing agency.  We also understand the political and policy currents that affect its operations.

Congressional/Regulatory Agencies.  We regularly represent many large companies in criminal matters which involve them in congressional investigations and/or hearings before government regulatory agencies. For example, we have worked with the Treasury Department on cases involving money laundering and cash reporting violations, have representing major corporations before before the U.S. Sentencing Commission on the issue of organizational sentencing guidelines.

Legislative Advocacy.  We regularly represent corporations, trade associations and individuals before both houses of the United States Congress. We assist in drafting legislation, working with Congressional offices and Committee staffs to solve problems through legislation, oversight hearings or Congressional inquiries of various federal agencies. While we are known as Republicans, we have a history of bi-partisan work with and support for people on Capitol Hill.”