PROFILE

Elliot Hecht is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department.

Elliot represents public and private companies and private equity funds on compliance and enforcement issues involving US laws and regulations related to US economic and trade sanctions, as well as export controls.

He also assists companies in navigating the process of securing national security clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He has represented clients in several filed cases and has advised clients on whether filings are mandatory or advisable. 

Elliot maintains an active pro bono practice, representing asylum seekers in immigration matters.

Before joining Latham, he graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. Upon graduation, he was elected as a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Elliott was a summer associate in the Washington, D.C. office. He also served as a law clerk for the Senate Judiciary Committee for a semester and as a summer law clerk to Judge Reggie B. Walton in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Prior to law school, Elliot worked as a management consultant and as a research assistant for a leading international security think tank. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Dickinson College.