Nithya Nagarajan

Nithya’s extensive and varied experience with the federal government provides critical insights in navigating issues related to trade and trade remedies.

Her previous roles at the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Court of International Trade give Nithya an insider’s perspective as she counsels clients on administrative and regulatory acts before Commerce, the International Trade Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Nithya also defends appeals in the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, NAFTA panels and the World Trade Organization.

While Nithya frequently helps clients resolve trade remedy proceedings or last minute challenges, she also emphasizes the need for strategic planning as it relates to duty mitigation strategies and supply chain and documentation. She advises clients to choose preventative measures and planning strategies when possible, and she works with importers and exporters to take a holistic view of all products that may be subject to antidumping and countervailing duties, country of origin concerns, free trade agreement concerns, and other tariff issues. Her goal is to help clients develop strategies that will allow them to stay ahead of potential duty exposure and plan for proper duty mitigation.

Nithya has spent over 30 years practicing in trade, trade remedies, customs, and tariffs. Her focus is trade-remedy strategy and antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings. Nithya has advised foreign manufacturers in India, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea and Vietnam in handling trade and supply chain issues associated with exports to the United States. As a result of this experience, Nithya has a wide-ranging understanding of the business regulatory, financial recordkeeping, and other trade and supply chain issues unique to each of these countries. She has deep experience with all levels of trade remedy proceedings, having led and participated in numerous such proceedings conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Ministry of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China, the DGFT in India and the European Commission. She has conducted trade consultations and negotiations with foreign governments including India, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine, and negotiated several bilateral trade agreements (suspension agreement or undertakings) on behalf of the Department of Commerce in the settlement of antidumping duty investigations.

Nithya serves as co-chair of APISWANA, the firm’s Asian, Pacific Islander, Southwest Asian, and North African Employee Resource Group.

Law360 Editorial Advisory Board, International Trade, 2024-2026

Customs & International Trade Bar Association, International Trade Committee, Vice Chair

American Institute for International Steel

American Bar Association

Washington International Trade Association

The Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT), Imports & Supply Chain Committee, Co-Chair, 2022-present

South Asian Bar Association