She specialises in project finance and regulatory work and is consistently concerned in high-profile transactions. We count many former high-level government officials amongst our ranks. In his position as senior international advisor for Africa, Dr. Witney Schneidman, a former senior State Department official with more than 30 years of expertise in Africa, oversees Covington’s Africa practice. Disputes Our lawyers’ expertise within the sectors by which shoppers function gives us a useful insight into how our clients’ companies work.