Tahlia Townsend, Esq.
Co-chair of the International Trade Compliance practice at Wiggin and Dana, LLP, Tahlia is an experienced, Chambers-recognized financial sanctions, export controls, and foreign investment attorney known for providing insightful, practical and timely guidance. Trusted by U.S. and international clients from global aerospace companies and international financial institutions, to top tier universities and hi-tech start-ups, Tahlia assists with government-directed and internal OFAC and export investigations and disclosures, M&A and investment due diligence, CFIUS assessments and approvals, commodity classification and export license applications, and building and auditing compliance programs. Tahlia graduated from Yale Law School and clerked for two judges of the United States District Court. Before becoming a lawyer, Tahlia studied physics and chemistry, performed research in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, taught at the Lauder Javne Jewish community school in Budapest, Hungary, worked with an ecologist in the Serengeti, and studied French, German, and Hungarian.