Richard Sofield, a former senior DOJ attorney arriving from Vinson & Elkins, looks to help Debevoise in CFIUS matters, as national security issues bubble up in deal work.
January 29, 2024 at 05:00 AM
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Debevoise & Plimpton has hired Vinson & Elkins partner Richard Sofield, a former senior Department of Justice lawyer, as its new national security practice head in Washington, D.C.
Before entering private practice, Sofield served for 24 years as a government lawyer, including as director of the Foreign Investment Review Staff for the National Security Division at the DOJ, where he oversaw the its participation in the Committee of Foreign Investment in the United States.
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Richard Sofield of Debevoise & Plimpton. Courtesy photo
