# MassPoint Legal PLLC

> MassPoint PLLC\. International trade, sanctions, CFIUS/foreign investment, and emerging technologies export controls\. \- Hdeel Abdelhady

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## Pages
- [International Trade Law Firm\- MassPoint PLLC](https://masspointpllc.com/international-trade-law-firm-about-us/)
- [Contact MassPoint PLLC](https://masspointpllc.com/contact-masspoint/): MassPoint Legal and Strategy Advisory PLLC is a Washington, D\.C\. boutique law and strategy firm handling banking and finance, investment, and compliance and governance matters with a focus on emerging and developing markets\. MassPoint provides customized services that capable of ready implementation at the client operating level\.
- [Website Notice and Disclaimer](https://masspointpllc.com/website-notice-and-disclaimer/)
- [Cookie Policy](https://masspointpllc.com/cookie-policy/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady/)
- [MassPoint PLLC Blog](https://masspointpllc.com/blog/): MassPoint PLLC's Blog featuring Hdeel Abdelhady's analyses of national security, emerging tech,, sanctions, export controls, and CFIUS\.
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Publications](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-publications-2/)
- [Publications](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-publications/): MassPoint Legal and Strategy Advisory/Hdeel Abdelhady publications on banking and finance, compliance and governance, and investment with focuses on emerging and growth markets and strategic investments in food, agriculture and water\. 
- [Sanctions \- MassPoint PLLC](https://masspointpllc.com/legal-services/sanctions/)
- [Emerging Technology Law \& Policy](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-publications/emerging-tech-law/): Insight and foresight on the law and policy of the U\.S\.\-China \#techwar from MassPoint Legal and Strategy Advisory PLLC\.
- [Foreign Investment in the United States/CFIUS](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-publications/foreign-investment-in-the-united-states/): MassPoint PLLC/Hdeel Abdelhady publications on foreign investment in the United States/CFIUS\.
- [Export Controls](https://masspointpllc.com/legal-services/export-controls/): MassPoint counsels and represents parties on export control regulation and compliance in export and CFIUS matters\.
- [Sanctions, AML, Anti\-Corruption Publications](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-publications/sanctions-aml/): MassPoint Legal and Hdeel Abdelhady's sanctions, AML, and anti\-corruption publications\. 
- [Hdeel Abdelhady\- Sanctions Law](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-sanctions-law/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady\- Emerging Technologies Law and Policy](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-emerging-technologies-law-and-policy/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Sanctions Publications](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-sanctions-publications/)
- [News \& Events](https://masspointpllc.com/news-events/): MassPoint Legal and Strategy Advisory PLLC/Hdeel Abdelhady News and Events\. 
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Speaking Engagements/News](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-speaking-news/)
- [Who's Who Legal Recognizes Hdeel Abdelhady](https://masspointpllc.com/news-events/whos-legal-recognizes-hdeel-abdelhady/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Dollar Dominance Articles](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-dollar-dominance-articles/): Hdeel Abdelhady's articles and media commentary on dollar dominance, sanctions, and the global reach of U\.S\. law\. 
- [MassPoint Named "Corporate Law Firm of the Year" USA](https://masspointpllc.com/news-events/masspoint-named-corporate-law-firm-year-usa/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Principal](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-principal/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady CFIUS Articles](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-cfius-articles/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Cited Works](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-cited-works/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Global Magnitsky Sanctions Publications](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-global-magnitsky-sanctions-publications/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Bio](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-bio/): Hdeel Abdelhady is an attorney and principal at MassPoint PLLC, an educator, and an author focused on sanctions, export controls, and CFIUS\. 
- [Services](https://masspointpllc.com/legal-services/): MassPoint works collaboratively with clients to help them anticipate and manage legal, commercial, and reputation risk; solve legal problems; and advance strategic objectives\. 
- [Food, Agriculture, and Water Services](https://masspointpllc.com/legal-services/critical-resources-law-policy-risk-management/food-and-agriculture/): MassPoint provides legal and strategy advisory services to entities engaged in the food and agricultural supply chain\.  The firm recognizes\- and has for years recognized\- the importance of food, agriculture and related resources \(e\.g\., water, energy\) and understands the complexity of this area that involves public and private interests; essential and non\-renewable resources \(e\.g\., water, farmland\); and intersecting legal, regulatory and business requirements and standards that require multidisciplinary, cross\-sectoral, and multi\-jurisdictional awareness\.
- [Critical Resources: Minerals, Rare Earths, Agriculture, Water](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-publications/minerals-rare-earths-agriculture-water/)

## Posts
- [United States Revokes Iran General License X, Wind\-Down Deadline July 17](https://masspointpllc.com/usa-revokes-general-license-x-wind-down-july-17/): OFAC revoked General License X on July 7, 2026, cutting off previously authorized Iranian\-origin crude oil and petroleum transactions following missile strikes on ships in the Strait of Hormuz\. In its place, General License X1\(b\) offers a ten\-day wind\-down window — through July 17 — with a strict requirement that payments to blocked persons land in blocked, interest\-bearing U\.S\. accounts\. Here's what changed, and what U\.S\. persons need to do before the deadline\.
- [Hdeel Abdelhady on Global Trade, Sanctions Policy, and Iraq’s Economic Future: An Interview with Gulan](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-gulan-interview-global-trade-sanctions-iraq/): An in\-depth interview with Hdeel Abdelhady on sanctions policy, export controls, financial regulation, and Iraq’s economic future, with analysis of global trade fragmentation and technology governance\.
- [BIS Affiliates Rule Suspended for One Year](https://masspointpllc.com/bis-affiliates-rule-suspended-for-one-year/): The White House has announced a one\-year suspension of the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security’s \(BIS\) new Affiliates Rule, but its scope remains unclear\. As of November 3, 2025, BIS has not issued a rule or guidance formalizing the suspension\. Exporters should continue preparing for compliance while monitoring forthcoming BIS action expected by November 10, 2025\.
- [Hdeel Abdelhady Elected American Bar Foundation Fellow](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-named-american-bar-fellow/): Hdeel Abdelhady has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a “global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars\. Membership in the Fellows is limited to one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction\. Fellows are recommended by their peers and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation\.
- [Hdeel Abdelhady, Who's Who Legal](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-whoswholegal/): Who's Who Legal recognized Hdeel Abdelhady for Corporate M\&A and Governance\. Hdeel Abdelhady is MassPoint's founder and principal\. 

## Media
- [An of the Iran and US flags together](https://masspointpllc.com/wp-content/uploads/iran-us-flags.jpg): An of the Iran and US flags together
- [Iran China U\.S\. Sanctions](https://masspointpllc.com/wp-content/uploads/Iran-China-U.S.-Sanctions.jpg)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady](https://masspointpllc.com/wp-content/uploads/Hdeel-Abdelhady.jpg)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady MassPoint PLLC](https://masspointpllc.com/wp-content/uploads/Hdeel-Abdelhady-Bio.jpg)
- [What Exporters Should Know About Financial Institution Export Compliance](https://masspointpllc.com/wp-content/uploads/Export-Photo.png)

## Staff
- [Hdeel Abdelhady](https://masspointpllc.com/staff-member/hdeel-abdelhady/)

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## Categories
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- [Sanctions](https://masspointpllc.com/sanctions-law/)
- [National Security Law](https://masspointpllc.com/national-security-law/)
- [Hdeel Abdelhady News](https://masspointpllc.com/hdeel-abdelhady-news/)
- [MassPoint News](https://masspointpllc.com/masspoint-news/)

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