Arnold & Porter

Boasting a diverse client roster of top federal contractors, Arnold & Porter advises leading corporates across the healthcare, defense and aerospace, private equity, financial services and education sectors. The firm excels in the full range of government contracts matters, including high-stakes and high-value bid protests, contract dispute litigation, grant requirements and compliance counselling, false claims act matters and national security matters, while also handling a number of M&A transactions involving government contractors. Practice head Kara Daniels is based in Washington DC and has extensive experience in bid protests, contract disputes, investigations and compliance matters. The rest of the core team also sit in Washington DC, which includes Craig Holman, who handles bid protests and other contentious matters for leading tech and IT, engineering, financial services, aerospace and defense clients, Michael McGill, who specializes in M&A transactions involving government contractors and Sonia Tabriz, who is an expert in cost accounting compliance and claims, grants and security compliance. Senior associate Thomas Pettit continues to be active on all government contracts matters, particularly those related to cyber security and information security. James Kim left the department in March 2024.