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Nicolas Friedlich

Nicolas Friedlich

Associate

Associate
Nicolas Friedlich

Nicolas Friedlich is an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. His work covers a range of domestic and cross-border investigations and disputes, including trade enforcement, CFIUS, export controls, and US sanctions matters. He advises companies regarding supply chain risk and compliance, including with respect to doing business or operating in jurisdictions subject to global human rights risk. Nicolas is a member of the firm's US L&DR ESG Group and the global Business & Human Rights practice.

Nicolas has held positions working on a range of disputes and investigations, including with of the Department of Justice Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform. While at Georgetown Law, Nicolas founded one of the first law student organizations nationwide dedicated to training the next generation of Business and Human Rights lawyers. His work is published and forthcoming with leading journals at the University of Virginia, UCLA, and the University of Pennsylvania.

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Career and qualifications

  • Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Journal of International Law, Salzburg Cutler Fellow) 2024
  • University of California, Berkeley, (B.A. Political Science, Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Political Review) 2020
  • Admitted as Attorney-at-Law in Washington, D.C in 2024
  • Joined Clifford Chance 2024