Meg Beasley helps companies and individuals engage in global trade by prioritizing practical, workable strategies for complex regulatory situations and providing strategic, effective advocacy before regulators, including the Departments of Justice, Treasury and Commerce, as well as state attorneys general, when required.

Meg advises national and multinational companies on best practices in developing and delivering compliance policies and procedures, training and risk assessments, as well as executing cross-border export, sanctions and anti-corruption due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, targeted internal risk assessments and trade compliance investigations.

Meg regularly provides counsel on economic sanctions maintained by the US government (OFAC and other agencies) against various entities and countries (including Iran, Cuba and Russia), export control laws (EAR and ITAR) and anti-boycott laws. She also provides counsel on anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance, as well as best practices under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). In cases of investment that might raise national security concerns, Meg advises on inbound investment overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) as well as outbound investment overseen by the US Outbound Investment Security Program (OISP).

Meg is also experienced in guiding clients through government investigations related to allegations of all forms of financial misconduct across a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, cryptocurrency and commodities trading.

As pro bono counsel, Meg represents incarcerated petitioners in both federal district and appellate courts, as well as petitioners seeking asylum with the United States Customs and Immigration Service and in Immigration Court.

Meg has been recognized in Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, Litigation, Energy, White Collar and Cybersecurity (2023-2026) and Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2023-2026) and Securities Litigation (2026).

Prior to joining Bracewell, Meg served as law clerk to S. Bernard Goodwyn, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.