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Office of the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP)

The Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) improves the legal environment for business worldwide. Established in 1992, CLDP is a division of the US Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel that strives to achieve US foreign policy goals in developing and post-conflict countries through commercial legal reforms. CLDP’s unique government-to-government technical assistance draws upon highly-experienced regulators, judges, policymakers, business leaders and attorneys from both the public and private sectors to deliver results that make meaningful and lasting changes to the legal and judicial environments of host countries.

Leadership

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Stephen D. Gardner, Chief Counsel, Commercial Law Development Program

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Phone: 202-482-2400

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