Maura Rezendes
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Maura Rezendes
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Contact Details
Maura advises clients – financial institutions and corporates alike – on a wide range of matters implicating economic sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), foreign investment in the United States regulated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), export controls, anti-corruption, and money laundering. Maura’s practice is multidisciplinary and includes regulatory compliance advice and counseling, transactional support, investigations and enforcement, as well as frequent agency-facing work including before OFAC, CFIUS, and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) in connection with licensing, enforcement, regulatory approvals, and a spectrum of other related matters.
Maura’s experience includes advising clients on regulatory compliance in the transactional, trade, and financing contexts, including evaluation and development of compliance policies and programs, as well as training. She also has broad experience in conducting and defending investigations and enforcement actions related to OFAC-administered economic sanctions, and other U.S. Government-administered regulatory schemes related to anti-corruption and anti-bribery. Maura routinely represents clients in matters before OFAC in the licensing as well as the investigation and enforcement contexts. Further, she advises clients on the national security aspects of foreign investment in the United States, engages with CFIUS on related matters, and prepares CFIUS notices in connection with transactions implicating the Committee’s jurisdiction.
Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Maura was a Chief in OFAC’s Office of Enforcement where she led investigations of potential violations of OFAC-administered economic sanctions and pursued administrative enforcement actions in cases related to international finance and trade. Maura also spent many years in private practice handling a wide array of regulatory matters related to economic sanctions and export controls, as well as white-collar and other defense matters.
“Maura Rezendes is always extremely responsive, providing constructive advice which is right on point.”
CHAMBERS USA 2019 (Export Controls and Economic Sanctions)
Office
Washington, D.C.
Allen & Overy LLP
1101 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
20005
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the District of Columbia, 2003
Admitted: Bar of the State of Maryland, 2001
Academic
J.D., The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 2001
B.A., The Catholic University of America, 1997
News & insights
Publications: 14 JULY 2021
Webinar: International sanctions 2021 update
The panellists on this webinar discussed recent U.S., EU, UK and PRC sanctions developments, in particular in regards to China, Myanmar, Russia, Belarus and Iran.
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Publications: 06 JULY 2021
Webinar: International Sanctions update
A&O is hosting an “International Sanctions update” webinar on Wednesday 14 July 2021.
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Publications: 21 APRIL 2021
Developments in US sanctions targeting Russia
The Biden administration has issued new sanctions on Russian individuals and entities as well as prohibitions on US financial institutions' transactions with Russia's Central Bank, National Wealth…
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Publications: 01 APRIL 2021
Developments in sanctions targeting Myanmar
Following the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, the U.S., UK and EU have imposed a range of sanctions targeting individuals and entities affiliated with the Burmese military.
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Office
Washington, D.C.
Allen & Overy LLP
1101 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
20005
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the District of Columbia, 2003
Admitted: Bar of the State of Maryland, 2001
Academic
J.D., The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 2001
B.A., The Catholic University of America, 1997
