Strategic Advice
At Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC, we provide tailored strategic advice to clients worldwide, offering innovative solutions to meet the complex needs of businesses, governments, and individuals in today’s interconnected world. As trusted advisors, our experienced attorneys work closely with clients to develop effective strategies that address legal challenges and drive their goals forward.
Our practice covers a broad range of areas, including:
- Crisis Management: Guiding sovereigns, multinational corporations, and high-net-worth individuals through high-stakes situations with pragmatic, decisive counsel.
- Government Relations: Helping clients navigate regulatory and governmental landscapes to achieve favorable outcomes.
- Complex Dispute Resolution: Collaborating with in-house and external counsel to develop efficient, effective strategies for resolving disputes.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring compliance with domestic and international regulations while minimizing legal risks.
- Risk Management: Identifying challenges and implementing proactive solutions to protect operations and investments.
- Sovereign Advice: Advising sovereign states on cross-border commercial disputes, foreign policy issues, and public international law.
We have advised clients across the globe, including in the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe. By combining deep legal expertise with a keen understanding of global markets, we empower our clients to navigate crises, safeguard resilience, and seize opportunities with confidence.
With extensive experience advising sovereigns, multinational corporations, and high-net-worth individuals, we are uniquely positioned to address the most complex legal and strategic challenges on an international scale.
In the News
- LBKM’s Alexander Bedrosyan represented Guinea in Confirmation Proceedings
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit by Seychelles company Global Voice Group SA (“GVG”) to confirm an arbitration award against the Republic of Guinea. The Court found that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Guinea retained sovereign immunity.
February 20, 2025 Eric Lewis and Solomon Shinerock successfully petitioned OFAC to remove a vessel from the SDN list. The vessel was listed pursuant to Executive Order 14024, relating to the Russian sanctions program, due to a misidentification of ownership.
March 2024The United States Supreme Court decided for the first time that foreign sovereigns and foreign-owned entities are subject to criminal prosecution in United States courts, rejecting the contentions of a Turkish state-owned bank that it was immune from prosecution under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”).
April 20, 2023The Lafarge case illustrates the extent companies with operations in high-risk jurisdictions must be aware of increasing ATA-related risk, including the risk of civil litigation.
November 2022This article sets out the basic process for obtaining extradition to the United States and reviews certain recent cases that suggest that the United States is trying to leverage its political power to bring defendants to the United States either to fulfill political agendas or where the United States’ interest is tangential at best in view of the demonstrable interest of other countries.
New York Law Journal, February 3, 2020Colleges and universities must recognize the risk of potential corruption in their admissions process, and build intelligent controls to guard against fraud. Lewis Baach’s Arthur D. Middlemiss explains that schools should employ cost-efficient compliance measures and warns of the dangers in failing to do so.
Bloomberg Law Insight, March 29, 2019- Latin America remains risky for FCPA violations despite more cooperation from governments"The degree of cooperation between U.S. and Latin American authorities is at an all-time high,” says attorney Adam Kaufmann.Inside Counsel, August 5, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Puerto Rico and the U.S. government may not prosecute individuals for the same crimes in a case that tested the limits of the territory's sovereignty, an issue that has become increasingly urgent as the commonwealth has struggled with a massive debt problem.
Law 360, June 9, 2016
Publications, Presentations & Events
Corruption often causes significant harm to businesses and individuals by undermining fair competition and depriving them of rightful opportunities. The United States’ Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA) provides a powerful legal mechanism for victims to seek restitution for their losses.
March 2025