Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel January 13, 2016 (Special Government Employee Serving as Paid Consultant to Saudi Company)

Special Government Employee Serving as

Paid Consultant to Saudi Company

A special government employee, retained to provide advice on behalf of the Department

of Commerce to Middle Eastern countries that are reforming and harmonizing their

laws, may accept a paid consulting position with a Saudi energy company without vio-

lating the Emoluments Clause, U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl.