Claire is a commercial litigator who focuses on litigations involving complex international issues. She represents foreign sovereigns and their agencies and instrumentalities, including central banking authorities, and multinational companies and financial institutions in complex litigations arising under a variety of laws, including the US antitrust laws, the US anti-terrorism laws, and the US economic sanctions laws. She has extensive U.S. litigation experience representing clients under the so-called "terrorism exception" to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. She has litigated these issues before US federal courts at all levels, including a recent win before the US Supreme Court on behalf of the Republic of the Sudan. She also leads global investigations in connection with voluntary self-disclosures to Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), subpoenas, and requests for information. She has in-depth experience conducting investigations and litigating matters for clients based in the Middle East and Africa, including in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Sudan, and Libya.
Claire has been identified in Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner in White & Case’s International Litigation practice and is the Hiring Partner for the Firm's DC Office.
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