Government Contracts
Battlefield + Contingency Operations
Fluet’s Government Contracts Practice brings unparalleled hands-on experience to clients supporting international stabilization, humanitarian assistance, and contingency operations worldwide. Our attorneys provide full-spectrum legal compliance and operational risk management for contractors operating in complex, high-risk environments where U.S. law, international humanitarian law, and host nation jurisdictions intersect. Fluet provides hands-on assistance in navigating the regulatory frameworks governing contractor operations and is deeply familiar with the applicable laws, regulations, instructions, and guidance, including, 32 CFR Part 158, DoDI 3020.41, DoDI 3020.50, DFARS clause 252.225-7040. This first-hand experience in Government and with contractors allows us to also offer clients strategic guidance that combines deep technical understanding with practical insights into how contractors navigate legal risks in battlefield and contingency environments.
Our clients benefit from Fluet’s past experience, including:
- Executing robust incident response frameworks and strategic communications addressing investigations, media relations, congressional inquiries, and inquiries from international organizations.
- Designing and implementing comprehensive risk mitigation plans and internal policies in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Ensuring clear delineation of operational roles to preserve civilian protections under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and minimize targeting, detention, and legal risks across multiple jurisdictions.
- Developing and delivering workforce training modules on the rules for the use of force, law of war, IHL, standards of conduct, inherently governmental functions, and crisis protocols.
- Formulating comprehensive legal strategies to address potential legal exposure under U.S. domestic law (MEJA, UCMJ, War Crimes Act), host nation and third-country jurisdiction, and international tribunals.
- Analyzing Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA) and bilateral security agreements to understand privileges and risk from host nation jurisdiction.
- Advising on combatant status determinations and workforce protection strategies in accordance with IHL.
- Managing crisis response and incident investigations involving contractor personnel in contingency operations.
