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Steptoe, a distinguished international law firm headquartered Washington DC and with offices in Beijing and Hong Kong, renowned for advising on cross-border investigations, compliance and enforcement matters related to China and Asia Pacific region, as well as guiding Chinese and Asian companies on doing business globally. We advise companies on compliance with US, UK, and EU laws and regulations, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act (UKBA), as well as international regulatory matters, such as sanctions, export controls, AML/CTF, and international trade. Our firm is also recognized for successfully representing clients in World Bank and IFIs investigations.


Lawyers and professionals at Steptoe bring extensive experience in senior US government

roles, including with the White House, Congress, and various federal agencies such as the

Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and more.


Our clients include global private companies, state owned enterprises across all industry secotrs, and well as banks and financial services firms.

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What the Team is Known For

Steptoe has a renowned practice with a prominent Hong Kong presence established in late 2019 to complement its Beijing offering. It offers clients seasoned advice on handling investigations, as well as implementation of compliance programmes, risk assessment and sanctions advice for clients across Greater China and APAC. The team is also well equipped to assist clients in dealing with US, UK and EU enforcement and regulatory agencies. Its clientele spans banks and financial institutions, logistics companies and clients in the extractive industries.

Strengths

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They are our go-to firm for sanctions-related work. As they have a global perspective, they are able to come up with good proposals and flexible solutions to ensure continued growth.

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They are familiar with the nuances of the local laws and able to make well-informed inferences about how local regulators are likely to respond to various issues.

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What you get from Steptoe's advice is clarity and insight - how we should approach the issue, and what strategy to use based on their past experience and the relationship with the judge.

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Notable Practitioners

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Wendy Wysong
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Wendy Wysong manages Steptoe's Hong Kong office and draws on her former experience in the US Department of Commerce to offer clients deep expertise in a broad range of multi-jurisdictional investigations and compliance mandates.

Wendy is phenomenal for providing large multinationals with short, clear and precise advice that is easy to follow.

Wysong has a quite distinguished professional background and is a veteran of corporate investigations. She's easy to communicate with and is capable of managing complicated issues in a concise manner.

Wendy is our go-to in Asia. She has the proper temperament for when crises happen, is able to work with different teams and has wonderful expertise in advising boards.

Wendy is prompt in her service and displays a keen awareness of the issues confronting clients, including those that the client may not have considered.

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Ali Burney
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Ali Burney brings clients invaluable experience from his time with the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, regularly advising Asian clients on US investigations and risk assessment matters.

We sometimes work with him on tasks that are particularly intense, and often he even responds during holidays. This ensures that both the timing and the work content are handled without any issues.

He is extremely responsive, with many years of experience advising clients in Asia and working for the US administration. He possesses superior knowledge of US regulations and law.

Ali is extremely experienced in his area of sanctions compliance. It is very easy to get immediate advice and attention from him and he is very committed to providing the necessary advice.

He's got a steady hand, is organised and runs cases very efficiently.

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