Overview
Laura Farhang advises nonprofit organizations, executive leadership teams, and boards of directors on complex legal, governance, operational, and strategic issues. Drawing on senior in-house and private-practice experience, she counsels clients on grants and contracts, governance, IP, compliance, investigations, privacy and data security, and complex international trade, regulatory, and corporate matters, among many other legal issues facing nonprofits. She also brings deep experience in economic sanctions, international trade and customs, international corporate structuring, and related cross-border regulatory matters.
Before joining TLG, Laura served as General Counsel and a member of the Senior Leadership Team of the Center for International Private Enterprise, a global nonprofit and Core Institute of the National Endowment for Democracy. In that role, she led legal strategy across compliance and enterprise risk, federal grants and contracts, privacy and data governance, and international operations.
Her experience spans nonprofit organizations, trade and professional associations, and multinational companies. Laura has substantial experience advising federally funded organizations on federal grants and Uniform Guidance compliance, procurement, and partner due diligence. She also advises on KYC and AML compliance, economic sanctions, anti-corruption and FCPA matters, third-party risk, international contracting, internal investigations, audit and regulatory inquiries, corrective actions and compliance improvements, and international entity formation, governance, restructuring, and wind-downs.
Laura also brings deep experience in international trade and customs. She has advised companies, trade associations, and other organizations on customs and import compliance, tariffs, export controls, supply-chain risk, OFAC sanctions, and related cross-border regulatory matters.
Prior to joining TLG, Laura founded and led her own law practice, where she advised trade and professional associations and their members on international trade and regulatory matters and counseled nonprofit and for-profit organizations on cross-border transactions and operations.
Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President and Counsel at Feld Entertainment, where she advised on commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, international trade, licensing, and other legal and regulatory matters supporting the company’s global operations.
She previously practiced in the international and regulatory groups at ArentFox Schiff, Miller & Chevalier, and BakerHostetler.
Laura is active in her community and serves on the board of a local civic organization, where she supports governance matters.
Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2000
- B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
Experience
- 2023-26, General Counsel and Member of the Senior Leadership Team, Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington, DC
- 2021-23, Senior Advisor and Counsel, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington, DC
- 2017-21, Founder and Attorney, Farhang Legal, PLLC, Washington, DC
- 2011-17, Vice President and Counsel, Feld Entertainment, Vienna, VA
- 2006-11, Associate, International Trade Practice, ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC
- 2004, Senior Policy Advisor for Trade, Labor, and Agriculture, Office of U.S. Senator Mark Dayton, Washington, DC
- 2002-04, Senior Associate, International Practice, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC
- 2000-02, Associate, International Practice, BakerHostetler, Washington, DC
Publications
February 27, 2023
Women in Trade 2023 – Legal, Trade Finance Global
Speaking Engagements
November 18, 2025
Understanding Withhold Release Orders (WROs) and Supply Chain Traceability, Center for International Private Enterprise and Chinese National Federation of Industries (Webinar)
October 31, 2018
Legal and Regulatory: Navigating the World of Import Tariffs, Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show, Las Vegas, NV
November 1, 2017
Importing, Exporting and Customs Expert Consultations, SEMA Show, Las Vegas, NV
In the Media
The Tenenbaum Law Group (TLG) is pleased to announce the addition of Counsel Laura Farhang to the firm.
Laura Farhang advises nonprofit organizations, executive leadership teams, and boards of directors on complex legal, governance, operational, and strategic issues. Drawing on senior in-house and private-practice experience, she counsels clients on grants and contracts, governance, IP, compliance, investigations, privacy and data security, and complex international trade, regulatory, and corporate matters, among many other legal issues facing nonprofits. She also brings deep experience in economic sanctions, international trade and customs, international corporate structuring, and related cross-border regulatory matters.
Before joining TLG, Laura served as General Counsel and a member of the Senior Leadership Team of the Center for International Private Enterprise, a global nonprofit and Core Institute of the National Endowment for Democracy. In that role, she led legal strategy across compliance and enterprise risk, federal grants and contracts, privacy and data governance, and international operations.
Her experience spans nonprofit organizations, trade and professional associations, and multinational companies. Laura has substantial experience advising federally funded organizations on federal grants and Uniform Guidance compliance, procurement, and partner due diligence. She also advises on KYC and AML compliance, economic sanctions, anti-corruption and FCPA matters, third-party risk, international contracting, internal investigations, audit and regulatory inquiries, corrective actions and compliance improvements, and international entity formation, governance, restructuring, and wind-downs.
Laura also brings deep experience in international trade and customs. She has advised companies, trade associations, and other organizations on customs and import compliance, tariffs, export controls, supply-chain risk, OFAC sanctions, and related cross-border regulatory matters.
Prior to joining TLG, Laura founded and led her own law practice, where she advised trade and professional associations and their members on international trade and regulatory matters and counseled nonprofit and for-profit organizations on cross-border transactions and operations.
Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President and Counsel at Feld Entertainment, where she advised on commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, international trade, licensing, and other legal and regulatory matters supporting the company’s global operations.
She previously practiced in the international and regulatory groups at ArentFox Schiff, Miller & Chevalier, and BakerHostetler.
Founded on January 1, 2020 by Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum and Partner Nisha Thakker, TLG is nationally recognized, nine-attorney, Washington, DC-based, boutique law firm focused exclusively on the nonprofit sector, with clients across the United States.