Leland Smith
Associate
Washington, D.C.

Leland Smith
Associate
Washington, D.C.
Contact Details
Leland helps clients navigate a wide range of cross-border transactions and regulations that underpin the financial markets.
Qualifications
Professional
Bar Admissions:
New York
District of Columbia
Academic
JD, Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2020 (Cum Laude)
Master of Marine Affairs (MAF), The University of Rhode Island, 2017 (Focus: International Ocean Law, Sovereign approaches Water Economics)
BS, Political Science & Mechanical Engineering Track, United States Military Academy at West Point, 2007
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Qualifications
Professional
Bar Admissions:
New York
District of Columbia
Academic
JD, Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2020 (Cum Laude)
Master of Marine Affairs (MAF), The University of Rhode Island, 2017 (Focus: International Ocean Law, Sovereign approaches Water Economics)
BS, Political Science & Mechanical Engineering Track, United States Military Academy at West Point, 2007
Published work
- Considering Law and Macroeconomics, Anna Gelpern and Adam Levitin
- International Finance: Transactions, Policy, and Regulation, Hal Scott and Anna Gelpern (contributed to chapters on bank capital and Venezuelan sovereign debt crisis)
- An analysis of the current US position related to the United Nations law of the sea, in Marine Policy, Leland Smith
- Evidence of Environmental Damage Caused by Chinese Island Building, in Nature’s Scientific Reports, Leland Smith et. al. (award for top 100 papers of 2019)