Sohan Dasgupta

Sohan Dasgupta is an accomplished leader, lawyer, and executive. He advises clients on complex cross-border regulatory, national security, and economic security matters, including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), federal interagency Team Telecom, US Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS), US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), outbound investment screening, supply chain resilience, sanctions, export controls, forced labor enforcement, international arbitration, and litigation. He helps organizations navigate high-stakes international transactions, compliance risks, and emerging issues such as artificial intelligence (AI) and energy governance.

Dr. Dasgupta previously served as assistant secretary for Trade and Economic Security and deputy general counsel at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He was also political head of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a bilateral US foreign aid agency deploying economic statecraft and containing approximately 300 personnel with a $5.8 billion budget. During his leadership of the agency, MCC advanced or preserved major compacts worth over $2.5 billion across infrastructure, transportation, and energy projects in countries such as Kosovo, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Mongolia, and Fiji.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Dasgupta was a partner at an AmLaw 100 firm, where he argued cases before the US Courts of Appeals, briefed cases before the US Supreme Court, and handled international arbitration. Dr. Dasgupta has addressed parliaments and congresses around the world on rule of law, trade, investment, and national security issues.