Biography
Charles Capito, a member of the Litigation Department and part of the firm’s National Security, CFIUS, Sanctions + Export Controls and Government Contracts + Public Procurement Groups, is based in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Capito represents clients in several key regulatory areas. In the National Security space, he counsels frequently on the complex and evolving requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), as U.S. businesses and foreign investors balance their business plans against CFIUS’s considerable role in protecting U.S. national security. In this regard, he has assisted foreign investors and U.S. businesses through dozens of CFIUS reviews, including sensitive transactions requiring complex national security agreements with the U.S. government.
Mr. Capito also regularly advises clients on U.S. export controls regimes—the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations—and issues that government contractors face when subject to foreign ownership, control, and influence (FOCI).
As a seasoned practitioner in the Government Contracts space, Mr. Capito has assisted government contractors with a variety of litigation issues, with a focus on pre and post-award bid protests as well as contract claims and disputes, and he has extensive experience at the Government Accountability Office, the Court of Federal Claims, the boards of contract appeals, and other judicial and administrative tribunals.
With experience in an array of complex federal regulations, Mr. Capito enjoys thinking strategically with clients to identify and address all potential legal considerations and working collaboratively across practice groups to ensure the client benefits from the firm’s many areas of expertise. He received his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law and his A.B. from Duke University.