Dean’s practice areas fall into two broad categories:
1) established practice areas that are typically associated with international business law; and
2) practice areas that they are typically associated with other professional disciplines.
Established Practice Areas
- multi-jurisdictional litigation
- international and domestic arbitration
- foreign investment protection in the mature and emerging markets
- customs and international trade
- corporate governance and regulatory compliance
- foreign corrupt practice compliance
- international and domestic protection of fundamental rights
- public interest litigation
- consular representation of a national in a foreign market
- cross-border and domestic business transactions.
Unique Practice Areas
- crisis management
- reputation management
- government relations and public relations
- political/legal risk assessment/management
- international relations
- political science and business administration.
Dean’s engagement in practice areas that are not generally linked to the legal field is attributable to his interdisciplinary approach. This has caused him to bridge the gap between international business law and related practice areas in other professional disciplines. Dean’s integrated methodology is most strikingly demonstrated by the way he works in such practice areas as crisis management, reputation management and political risk management to solve commercial, reputational and political problems for the international business community.