Nimrah Najeeb

Counsel

Overview

Nimrah Najeeb is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s International Trade group. Nimrah focuses her practice on cross-border transactions and national security matters, including reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), as well as economic sanctions, export controls, and anti-money laundering. Nimrah represents clients in all stages of the CFIUS process, including conducting diligence and national security risk assessments, evaluating CFIUS jurisdictional issues, advising on deal structure and strategy, preparing CFIUS filings, and negotiating complex mitigation agreements. 

Nimrah also routinely represents clients on matters involving U.S. and multinational economic sanctions and export controls, including day-to-day compliance guidance, transactional and M&A-related advice, counseling, licensing, and internal and governmental investigations involving the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the U.S. State Department.  Nimrah has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in international law since 2019.

Before joining Crowell & Moring, Nimrah worked as an associate at a Washington, D.C. law firm, where she advised clients on international trade, political law, and white collar matters.

Nimrah has also worked in the corporate practice of a law firm in New York where, in addition to representing private equity, health care, and technology clients in corporate matters, she represented a pro bono client in immigration/asylum proceedings. Prior to that, Nimrah was a fellow at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice in New York, where she focused on public international law, human rights, and corporate social responsibility matters. During law school, she served as an intern at the Office of the Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs in the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs.

Career & Education

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    • Bryn Mawr College, B.A., cum laude, political science and history, 2010
    • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2013
    • Bryn Mawr College, B.A., cum laude, political science and history, 2010
    • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2013
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • Urdu
    • Urdu

Nimrah's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.27.25

President Trump Announces America First Investment Policy

On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Policy Memorandum (“NSPM”) announcing the Administration’s “America First Investment Policy” (the “Investment Policy”)[1] affirming the United States’ commitment to open investment while safeguarding national security. Aimed at promoting investment in the United States from allied countries while imposing stricter measures on both inbound and outbound investments from “foreign adversaries,” the Investment Policy incentivizes foreign investment in the United States by announcing a “fast track” process “to facilitate greater investment from specified allied and partner sources in United States businesses involved with United States advanced technology and other important areas.” The NSPM defines “foreign adversaries” to include the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”), including Hong Kong and Macau, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and the Maduro regime in Venezuela.[2]...

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Nimrah's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.27.25

President Trump Announces America First Investment Policy

On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Policy Memorandum (“NSPM”) announcing the Administration’s “America First Investment Policy” (the “Investment Policy”)[1] affirming the United States’ commitment to open investment while safeguarding national security. Aimed at promoting investment in the United States from allied countries while imposing stricter measures on both inbound and outbound investments from “foreign adversaries,” the Investment Policy incentivizes foreign investment in the United States by announcing a “fast track” process “to facilitate greater investment from specified allied and partner sources in United States businesses involved with United States advanced technology and other important areas.” The NSPM defines “foreign adversaries” to include the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”), including Hong Kong and Macau, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and the Maduro regime in Venezuela.[2]...