Wendy Wysong

Practice Areas

White Collar Defense | Independent & Internal Investigations | Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement | Export Controls & Economic Sanctions | National Security | FCPA/Anticorruption

Career

For over a dozen years, Wendy Wysong has focused her practice in Hong Kong on regulatory compliance and white-collar defense of international laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), US sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and US anti-boycott laws, as well as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). She represents clients throughout the United States and Asia, particularly regarding issues arising from the various US government "blacklists," including the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), Entity List, OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals List and non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies (CMIC) List, and the Department of Defense Chinese Military Companies (CMC) List. Wendy is the managing partner of Steptoe's Hong Kong office and global co-leader of the Investigation and White Collar Practice Group.

As a former Assistant US Attorney in Washington and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement in the Department of Wendy offers clients a unique combination of experience and insight as both a prosecutor and regulator before courts and agencies. She was named as one of the "Top 100 Women in Investigations" by Global Investigations Review who also named her one of 25 sanctions lawyers to have on speed dial.

Professional Memberships

-Hong Kong Country Representative of TRACE International

-Steering Committee, ABA Export Controls & Economic Sanctions Committee

-International Association of Independent Compliance Monitors

-Leadership and Executive Committee, Vice Chair for West Coast/Pacific, Hong Kong Chapter Leader, Women's White-Collar Defense Association