Pinky P. Mehta

Primary Focus & Experience

Ms. Mehta focuses her practice on international and cross-border regulatory matters, including assessing and managing risks arising under, and promoting compliance with:

• anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA);
• anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act;
• economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury and the US Department of State;
• export controls administered by the US Department of Commerce and the US Department of State;
• import laws and regulations, including the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA);
• national security laws and regulations, including reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); and
• foreign ownership, control and influence rules administered by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). 

In this capacity, she also advises on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Ms. Mehta also maintains an active pro bono practice involving international human rights, corporate responsibility, sustainable development, and humanitarian assistance matters.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Ms. Mehta was previously at the US Agency for International Development and the United Nations Development Programme, where she worked on rule of law, governance and national and global security matters. She has published articles, and spoken at conferences, on international trade and development regulatory matters.

She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she earned the Noyes E. Leech Award for achievement in international law and graduated with a Certificate in Business Economics and Public Policy from the Wharton School of Business. Ms. Mehta received a B.A. in Political Science, with a minor in Economics, from Haverford College and she attended the General Course at the London School of Economics.