Experience

• • Represent one of the largest US renewable energy companies in a range of antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, and customs compliance matters. 
  • Represent a global uranium company in trade-related proceedings involving Russian uranium before the Department of Commerce. 
  • Represent the largest privately held US lumber producer in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings as well as associated litigation before federal courts and USMCA panels.  
  • Advise leading US technology companies on international legal arguments and advocacy strategies to counter foreign countries’ discriminatory digital trade measures. 
  • Advise a major US insurance company regarding geopolitical risks (including weakening US-China relations) affecting its insurance products and global investments.  
  • Assist a major US insurance company in addressing market access barriers in India, Colombia, and China. 
  • Assist a major US electronic payments company in addressing market access barriers in numerous foreign jurisdictions. 
  • Advise life sciences multinational clients on navigating complex, multijurisdictional sanctions and export control rules on humanitarian trade in Russia, China, and other global markets. 
  • Represent a global manufacturer in parallel congressional and administrative inquiries involving allegations of noncompliance with the UFLPA. 
  • Represent a large global aerospace manufacturer in a decades-long WTO dispute between the United States and the European Union. 
  • Assisted a major US fertilizer producer in securing the imposition of countervailing duties on unfairly traded imports of agricultural inputs, and represent the company before the trade agencies and federal courts in defending and updating the duties. 
  • Drafted public comments for a major US industry association regarding the Biden Administration’s proposed restrictions on outbound investment screening.  
  • Represented a coalition of US international airlines and unions in a multi-faceted campaign against subsidized competition from foreign state-owned airlines. 
  • Represented a leading US technology trade association in the Section 301 investigations of Digital Services Taxes. 
  • Advised a major US insurance company on legislative pathways to restrict foreign states and foreign state-owned entities from funding litigation in the United States.  
  • Advised a leading financial services company on negotiations concerning the CPTPP and USMCA services and digital trade chapters. 
  • Spurred the Department of Commerce to change its antidumping policy regarding Russia and revoke its status as a market economy country. 
  • Advised a large publicly traded company with a footprint in the United States and China on a corporate restructuring to contend with ongoing dynamic changes to the US-China relationship.  
  • Advised a major global entertainment company on China- and US-facing regulatory risks associated with a major expansion of its business in China. 
  • Advised a global business services company on a congressional investigation implicating its significant China business.  
  • Drafted a white paper on China’s domestic competition law regime and its discriminatory effects on foreign companies, on behalf of a leading US industry association. 
  • Worked with a major publicly traded apparel company to develop and implement a comprehensive compliance plan for forced and child labor risks, including those arising under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and similar laws in foreign jurisdictions. 
  • Advised numerous clients in various industries (IT, media, manufacturing, and energy) about compliance with US and EU sanctions and export control restrictions applicable to winding down operations in Russia after February 2022. This work included assisting in developing internal compliance plans to implement the wind-downs, engaging with OFAC to deal with Russian countermeasures, and protecting local employees and IP rights against retaliation. 
  • Conducted diligence for a cross-jurisdiction M&A transaction with regard to economic sanctions and export control risk screening and provided advice on the applicable restrictions of legacy clients. 
  • Conducted an extensive internal investigation on behalf of a semiconductor company regarding U.S. export controls and sanctions compliance.  
  • Supported a US ally’s third-party participation in WTO disputes involving the application of antidumping and countervailing duties. 
  • Assisted a US ally’s successful WTO litigation challenging multiple, complex unfair trade practices in South America, from the original panel phase through the compliance phase, including appeals. 
  • Supported a US ally’s successful litigation of a WTO dispute challenging countervailing duty determinations involving steel products.