David Mortlock
Co-chair of the Global Trade & Investment Group, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Biography
David Mortlock is co-chair of the Global Trade & Investment Group and Managing Partner of the Washington office at the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. He is also a senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council. David provides clients with guidance on compliance and enforcement on national-security related issues, including sanctions and export controls, anti-money laundering, and CFIUS.
From October 2013 to November 2015, David was Director for International Economic Affairs at the White House National Security Council, where he was responsible for coordinating interagency work on sanctions, anticorruption, and other illicit finance issues. From August 2009 to October 2013, he held a number of roles at the Department of State, including attorney-advisor for Sanctions and Terror Finance and deputy coordinator for Sanctions Policy.
