LL.B. Harvard, magna cum laude (1960); A.B. Wesleyan University High Honors (1957); Diploma, Universities of Paris (1956). Admitted: New York and District of Columbia. Mark B. Feldman provides legal advice, expert testimony and arbitration services on a wide variety of matters involving international investment and international law. Areas of concentration include international arbitration, expropriation and political risk, federal act of state doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity (FSIA), foreign corrupt practices (FCPA), restitution of cultural property and constitutional issues relating to U.S. foreign policy.
As Deputy and Acting Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Professor Feldman had a significant role in drafting or negotiating legal regimes of intense practical interest today including the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Iran and Cuba sanctions, the Iran Claims Agreement, U.S. maritime boundaries and the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property. In private practice, he has advised U.S. and foreign companies on a wide range of investment and compliance issues and represented foreign governments in Washington.
