Edwin O Childs, Jr

Partner, McGuireWoods LLP

Edwin Childs is a government contract and investigations and enforcement attorney who represents companies across a wide range of sectors, including the defence, services, technology and aerospace industries. His practice, spanning more than a decade in Washington, DC, encompasses a broad array of legal services, including government contract investigations, disclosures and regulatory enforcement actions; bid protests and government contract disputes; government contract counselling; export licensing and enforcement; prime contractor–subcontractor disputes; corporate ownership and acquisition issues; and election law investigations and enforcement matters.

Ned advises clients on legal issues affecting national security. He represents clients in matters before the Defense Security Service, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, the US Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, as well as the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States and its stakeholder agencies.