Biography
Benjamin G. Joseloff, a former White House and U.S. Treasury Department official, focuses his practice on advising U.S. and international clients on the regulatory aspects of cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, investments and other business transactions. Mr. Joseloff is known in particular for his expertise on matters relating to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Mr. Joseloff served in the U.S. government for five years, holding senior legal and policy roles relating to national security and foreign investment. From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Joseloff served as Director for International Trade and Investment at the National Security Council (NSC) and the National Economic Council (NEC), where he coordinated White House efforts relating to the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), the most substantial update and expansion of CFIUS in 30 years. Most recently, Mr. Joseloff served as Senior Counsel and CFIUS Lead Counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he led a team of attorneys that provided legal advice in connection with the Treasury Secretary’s role as Chairperson of CFIUS.
During his time at the White House and Treasury, Mr. Joseloff participated in the review and resolution of hundreds of CFIUS transactions, negotiated or supervised the negotiation of dozens of CFIUS mitigation agreements, drafted portions of the CFIUS regulations and coordinated numerous engagements with U.S. allies and partners on investment security matters. Mr.Joseloff is one of few practitioners to have served as both a CFIUS lawyer at the Treasury and a CFIUS policymaker at the White House, giving him deep, hands-on experience with every facet of the CFIUS process, from conducting initial jurisdictional analyses to coordinating Presidential prohibitions. In recognition of his contributions, Mr. Joseloff earned a number of individual and team awards for his government service, including the National Security Council’s Outstanding Service Award, the Secretary of the Treasury’s Meritorious Service Award and the Secretary of the Treasury’s Honor Award.
Mr. Joseloff is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the American Society of International Law. Mr. Joseloff has been named to the Lawdragon 500 X–The Next Generation list and he was selected to serve as a member of Law360’sInternational Trade Editorial Advisory Board in 2025.
Mr. Joseloff received a B.A. summa cum laude from NewYork University in 2004, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. with Pro Bono Distinction from Stanford Law School in 2008, where he was an Associate Managing Editor and Legislative Notes Editor of the Law and Policy Review and Co-President of the International Law Society. Following his graduation, Mr. Joseloff served as a law clerk to Hon. Janet C. Hall of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. After his clerkship, he was a fellow at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan.
