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Adam J Szubin

Adam J Szubin

Global 2026

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International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

USA

4 years ranked

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Adam Szubin leverages his extensive experience in U.S. government and private practice to advise leading global companies and financial institutions facing an increasingly dynamic and uncertain national security regulatory landscape.

Adam previously led the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and served for nearly a decade as the Director of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). His practice focuses on advisory and enforcement matters involving U.S. national security, with a particular emphasis on economic sanctions, export controls, money laundering, and investment security matters.

Adam’s distinguished 13 year tenure at the U.S. Department of the Treasury spanned the presidential administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. As the Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Adam led the Treasury Department’s policy, enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence functions aimed at combating foreign adversaries, international terrorist organizations, proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, narcotics traffickers, and others posing threats to U.S. national security and economic interests.

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International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions - USA

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Adam Szubin has strong skills in OFAC matters. His clients include financial institutions.

Strengths

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  • Adam knows the system inside and out and has a huge knowledge.

    International Trade: Export Controls & Economic SanctionsChambers Global Guide
  • Adam is really excellent on sanctions issues.

    International Trade: Export Controls & Economic SanctionsChambers Global Guide

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