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International Trade: CFIUS Experts - USA - Nationwide

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Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Steptoe LLP continues to be a powerhouse group providing an exceptional offering across a range of areas. The team is vastly experienced in complex WTO disputes, advising both sovereign and non-sovereign clients. The firm regularly works on export controls and economic sanctions issues, including compliance, risk management and enforcement issues concerning OFAC and ITAR. Also proficient in CFIUS filings and FOCI mitigation, frequently acting for well-known defense, energy and telecommunications companies. Steptoe maintains offices in Beijing, Brussels and London, which means it is able to handle cross-border matters with ease.

Work Highlights

  • Steptoe continued to represent Cia de Ferro Ligas da Bahia S.A in the US antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of ferrosilicon.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Edward Krauland
1
Edward Krauland
1
Band 1
Edward Krauland continues to be a top-tier practitioner in the trade controls space. His clients include European and Chinese entities.

Edward is a first-class attorney. He is exceptionally thoughtful about why the regulation schemes are the way they are. He is exceptionally calm and his bedside manner is really easy to get on with. Edward's combination of thoughtfulness and deep experience of how the agencies have grown and changed make him an expert.

Edward is a giant in the field, with unparalleled experience and a keen eye for the issues that matter most.

Edward is a top-notch lawyer who has strong technical knowledge of OFAC. He is a good strategic thinker.

Meredith Rathbone
1
Meredith Rathbone
1
Band 1

Meredith Rathbone is cochair of Steptoe's economic sanctions and export controls practice, focusing her practice on export controls and economic sanctions.

It is a pleasure to engage with Meredith and she diligently ensures that advice delivered is consistently high quality and in line with the high expectations we have set.

Meredith is very clear and detailed in her advice. She is thorough and very calm.

Meredith is very pleasant to work with and is very smart and creative. Her big strength is that she gets right to the heart of the issue immediately.

Cari N. Stinebower
2
Cari N. Stinebower
2
Band 2

Cari Stinebower handles the full range of work in the economic sanctions and export controls space. Her clients include companies in the banking and retail sectors.

Cari has a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape and is able to find practical solutions to complex cases.

Alexandra Baj
3
Alexandra Baj
3
Band 3
Alexandra Baj is noted for her skills in trade controls work. She has experience working with clients from a host of sectors, including defense, software and nuclear.

Alexandra is thoughtful, rigorously diligent and always open to fresh thinking.

Alexandra is extremely knowledgeable and responsive.

Alexandra has strong OFAC regulatory knowledge, is practical in solving problems and handles clients very well.

Alexandra brings a powerful combination of commercial savvy, legal sophistication, a natural service mindset and a deep export and sanctions knowledge.

Amy Lentz
4
Amy Lentz
4
Band 4
Amy Lentz has an extensive trade disputes practice. She regularly works for foreign governments on complex WTO cases.

Amy is smart and a strong oral advocate. She really has a lot of talent and ability.

Amy is an exceptional legal talent.

Amy is excellent. She is has a lot of expertise and practices at a very high level.

Brian Fleming
4
Brian Fleming
4
Band 4
Brian Fleming handles economic sanctions and export controls work, as part of a broader trade practice. His clients include corporations and individuals.

Brian is very knowledgeable in the export space. He can understand the issues and address them with very practical viewpoints.

Brian is a very thoughtful and methodical lawyer, with strong analytical skills and an ability to put clients at ease.

Brian is great. He has direct experience from his time in government and is a strong practitioner.

Eric Emerson
4
Eric Emerson
4
Band 4
Eric Emerson focuses his excellent trade practice on trade remedy litigation. He has particular expertise in matters involving China.

Eric has a total understanding of trade and tariff issues.

Eric is very technical and very easy to work with. He is able to process information really fast and give out solutions quickly, making him very efficient in providing the best solutions. He is also very savvy of all the legal business and implications of cases.

Wendy Wysong
4
Wendy Wysong
4
Band 4
Wendy Wysong is noted for her strength in matters relating to export controls. She splits her time between the firm's DC and Hong Kong offices.

Wendy has really good experience from her time in government. She is a known export expert with broad experience.

Wendy has good connections and the ability to engage with Asian clients thanks to her experience in Hong Kong.

Jason Wright
5
Jason Wright
5
Band 5

Jason Wright frequently acts for clients in export controls and economic sanctions.

Jason is fantastic. He is very good at knowing what the client wants and meeting expectations with strong practical analysis. He is good at boiling down complicated advice.

Jason is a smart lawyer with strong client management skills. He always follows his word and is a creative problem-solver.

Jason is very easy to work with and a strong practitioner.

Thomas Trendl
5
Thomas Trendl
5
Band 5
Thomas Trendl often works with industry associations and government on a range of antidumping matters. He regularly appears at the WTO, ITC and DOC.

Thomas is an excellent attorney and very knowledgeable. He is very smart, very practical and ethical. He is hard-working, professional and courteous.

Thomas is an experienced trade lawyer who knows the ins and outs of antidumping law.

Ron Kendler
U
Ron Kendler
U
Up and Coming

Ron Kendler ably assists clients with a range of countervailing duty and antidumping investigations, as well as WTO-related disputes.

Ron consistently performs at a high level in court and on government correspondences. His prompt, timely and clear advice is on point and highly valuable.

Ron provides quick and actionable feedback and has a deep understanding of our industry.

Ranked Lawyers at
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USA - Nationwide

International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

Edward Krauland
1
Edward Krauland
1
Band 1
Meredith Rathbone
1
Meredith Rathbone
1
Band 1
Cari N. Stinebower
2
Cari N. Stinebower
2
Band 2
Alexandra Baj
3
Alexandra Baj
3
Band 3
Brian Fleming
4
Brian Fleming
4
Band 4
Wendy Wysong
4
Wendy Wysong
4
Band 4
Jason Wright
5
Jason Wright
5
Band 5
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy

Amy Lentz
4
Amy Lentz
4
Band 4
Eric Emerson
4
Eric Emerson
4
Band 4
Thomas Trendl
5
Thomas Trendl
5
Band 5
Ron Kendler
U
Ron Kendler
U
Up and Coming