Steptoe LLP

Alan Klinger

Partner · Government and Regulatory Litigation

Ali Burney

Partner, Hong Kong · Economic Sanctions

Amy Lentz

Partner · WTO Disputes

Anne-Gabrielle Haie

Partner - Anne-Gabrielle Haie advises clients on a wide range of digital-related matters, with a strong focus on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity. In addition, she has developed considerable expertise on AI and blockchain. She advises clients on compliance with EU laws and risk management. Anne-Gabrielle also has strong experience advising clients on data privacy and cybersecurity issues related to strategic transactions and commercial negotiations. She further assists clients with cybersecurity preparedness and response to data breaches and other security incidents. Anne-Gabrielle's practice include representing clients in enforcement and litigation actions before European supervisory authorities and courts. Her clients include multinationals, start-ups and scaleups in diverse industries, and she has a strong track record in the Life Sciences and Technology sectors. · Data Protection

Anthony LaRocca

Senior Counsel · Transportation

Antonia Ianniello

Senior Counsel · Commercial Trials & Litigation

Audrey (Ying) Huang

Partner Ying Huang is the managing partner of Steptoe's Beijing office. She joined Steptoe in 2003 and spent eight years at the firm's headquarters in Washington, DC. Since Steptoe established its Beijing Representative Office in 2010, she has lead the firm's China-related government affairs and technical regulatory compliance work. In this role she interacts closely with Chinese government agencies on matters related to customs law, environmental protection law, export controls, economic sanctions, and other regulatory areas. By combining her extensive experience practicing in the United States with a deep understanding of the Chinese market, Ying provides comprehensive legal services to multinationals in support of their operations throughout China. In addition, she advises clients on responding to compliance investigations by the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). Ying fully utilizes her deep knowledge of MDB investigation rules as well as her deep understanding of Chinese business culture and environment. Insights from both perspectives allow her to provide clients with effective guidance to ensure that the clients can cooperate with MDB investigations as quickly and efficiently as possible. In the area of export control and sanctions, Ying and her colleagues have represented many high-profile cases. For example, they represented a Chinese satellite launch company in an OFAC economic sanctions matter arising from certain Iran-related transactions and successfully secured delisting for the client, which was the first time a Chinese company had achieved delisting through legal procedures. · Export Controls

Charles Whiddington

Partner - Charles Whiddington represents companies in cartel and other antitrust investigations. He also provides strategic advice on licensing, assists clients to shape their distribution networks, and provides advice and representation on the competition aspects of mergers and joint-ventures. Over the years, Charles has represented a number of clients involved in national and international cartel investigations in a range of sectors including banking, airlines, liner shipping, energy, automotive, and travel agency fees. He has also advised electricity and gas companies in the European Commission's sector inquiries, antitrust investigations concerning third party access, as well as the application of electricity and gas network codes. Charles regularly acts in the energy, transport, and life sciences sectors and has successfully represented other clients on a wide array of antitrust and competition matters. · Antitrust

Craig Smyser

Partner · Commercial Litigation

Cáitrín McKiernan

Partner, San Francisco and Hong Kong · Investigations

Daniel Mullen

Dan Mullen, chair of Steptoe's Energy group, counsels clients on energy and commodities enforcement matters and government investigations and litigation, and assists clients with the development of energy regulatory compliance programs. Dan focuses on defending clients in investigations by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Prior to joining Steptoe, Dan served as a Division of Investigations Branch Chief within the Office of Enforcement at FERC. In this position, he helped develop FERC's current enforcement regime and oversaw and conducted investigations and litigations against companies participating in the wholesale electricity and natural gas markets. Dan focused on investigations concerning energy market manipulation, reliability and violations of FERC-jurisdictional statutes, regulations and tariffs. Dan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, presenting on issues related to energy and commodity enforcement defense. · Energy

Daniel Poynor

Partner · Energy Regulatory

Darren Abrahams

Partner Darren Abrahams enables clients throughout the chemicals and life sciences supply chain to get and keep their products on the European market (in the UK and the EU). He focuses on defence of products through strategic advice, advocacy before institutions and agencies, and litigation before EU and national courts and tribunals. He has a wealth of experience with the regulation of biocidal products, plant protection products (agrochemicals), REACH, classification, labelling and packaging, GM food and feed, cosmetics, and endocrine disruptors. Darren also has particular experience defending clients resisting requests for access to confidential business information. For instance, he successfully defended the European Chemicals Agency in a high-profile case concerning its refusal to grant public access to information disclosing the identity and specific commercial activities of companies engaged with a number of allegedly hazardous substances. He also successfully led industry interveners in the Glyphosate appeal before the Court of Justice of the EU on the same issues. · Chemicals Regulation

Edward Krauland

Partner · Export Controls

Eléonore Mullier

Partner - Eléonore Mullier specializes in EU regulatory law and litigation. She advises clients who, whether based in the EU or not, come into contact with EU regulations affecting the placing on the EU market of their products. Eléonore's knowledge extends to the entire life-cycle of materials, from chemicals legislation (biocides, REACH, classification and labelling, POPs, PPPs, etc.) to product and waste legislation (CE marking, RoHS/WEEE, Ecodesign, medical devices, single use plastics, waste and end-of-waste). She also advises clients on the interface between these regulations and on cross-sectoral issues including the European Green Deal initiatives. Eléonore also has extensive experience representing clients before the European Court of Justice and the ECHA Board of Appeal and before both national and EU regulatory authorities (the European Chemicals Agency, the European Commission, and national competent authorities). · EU Regulatory Law

Eric Emerson

Partner · Trade Remedies

Evan Abrams

Evan Abrams counsels financial institutions, multinational corporations, and individuals on a variety of international regulatory and compliance matters. He regularly advises clients on issues related to anti-money laundering (AML), economic sanctions, export controls, foreign anti-corruption, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). Among other sectors, his practice focuses on emerging technology and financial technology where he leverages his deep understanding of business trends and technological developments to help clients achieve their commercial objectives while complying with complex regulatory regimes. Evan's CFIUS practice involves representing foreign and domestic companies in understanding and navigating CFIUS's regulations, preparing and submitting filings to the committee, responding to CFIUS inquiries, and negotiating and implementing mitigation agreements. He has represented companies in industries including FinTech, energy, semiconductors and electronics, metals and mining, and cyber and digital security, among others. He also assists clients with classified contracts in navigating DCSA requirements related to foreign, ownership, control, or influence (FOCI). · Anti-Money Laundering

Guy Soussan

Partner - Guy Soussan has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on EU and international reinsurance regulatory issues. He advises insurers and reinsurers, captives, and intermediaries on EU regulatory, legal, tax, antitrust, international trade, and compliance issues. In this role, he has assisted leading European and non-European groups in setting up and conducting business in Europe in order for them to benefit from the EU’s Single Market rules in insurance. Guy also focuses on prudential supervision of EU and international reinsurance undertakings under Solvency II, where he frequently provides advice on governance, the setting-up of new structures, group supervision, and the treatment of third-country groups. Additionally, Guy advises EU and French export control regulations, including controls and licensing regimes for military, commercial products, and technologies. He also provides advice and assistance with EU economic sanctions targeting specific countries such as Iran, Libya, Syria, and most recently, Ukraine, and Russia. His experience covers a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, banking and insurance, petroleum and petro-chemicals, aerospace, and defense. · Insurance & Reinsurance

Henry Cao

Partner Henry Cao represents domestic and international clients on international trade and regulatory compliance matters. Henry’s international trade practice focuses on US international trade investigations and compliance, including trade remedies investigations, customs and export controls/sanctions. Henry has extensive experience in trade remedies and has advised many foreign producers and the US importers in responding to antidumping and countervailing duty investigations before the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and US International Trade Commission (ITC) and appeals at federal courts. His experience covers a variety of industries such as steel products, chemicals, engineering projects, shipping containers, auto parts, tires, furniture products, wood flooring and paper products. Henry has also advised U.S. and European producers in responding to the antidumping and countervailing duties investigations before the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM). With regard to customs, Henry counsels many foreign producers and US importers on China-US trade supply chain issues involving production in third countries, classification, country of origin, and customs entry issues. In the area of export controls and sanctions, Henry assists clients in handling compliance issues regarding the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) as well as sanction measures administrated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the US Department of State. As a Chinese background attorney, Henry has a deep understanding of China's regulatory environment and issues affecting multinational companies with China activities, and he counsels multinational companies on their China-related businesses. · International Trade

Jack Hayes

Partner · Economic Sanctions

Jason Weinstein

Partner · White-Collar Defense

Joshua Runyan

Partner · Environmental Impacts & Permitting

Julia B. Strickland

Partner · Commercial Litigation

Karen Bruni

Partner · Energy

Lawrence Hill

Partner · Tax

Linda Stein

Partner · Transportation

Melanie Nussdorf

Senior Counsel · Government & Regulatory Litigation

Meredith Rathbone

Partner · Economic Sanctions

Michelle Levin

Partner · White-Collar Defense

Onika Williams

Of Counsel · Transportation Law

Pantelis Michalopoulos

Partner · Media, Technology and Telecommunications

Peter Denton

Peter Denton focuses his practice on helping his clients navigate the byzantine set of federal laws and rules that govern US freight and passenger railroads. Peter advises his clients on a broad range of legal, policy, and strategic matters relating to transactions, projects, disputes, investigations, legislation, and administrative rulemakings. Peter's clients have included the largest US freight railroads, regional and short line railroads, intercity passenger railroads, commuter railroads, public transportation agencies, public authority owners of rail property, rail service providers, rail equipment suppliers, and various financial institutions and funds that invest in the railroad industry. Peter also maintains an active infrastructure practice, advising clients on innovative financing, delivery, and procurement methods to develop public-private partnership (P3) projects, including major road, bridge, tunnel, railroad, port, and mass transit systems. Transactions and Projects Peter has participated on behalf of his clients in the regulatory approval process for nearly every significant railroad transaction in recent history. He has helped his clients obtain dozens of licenses from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for railroad transactions, ranging from mergers and acquisitions of railroads, acquisitions or leases of rail lines, construction and operation of rail lines, abandonment of rail lines, and discontinuance of rail operations. Peter has also represented clients in opposition to or participation in STB proceedings where other parties have sought such licenses. Additionally, Peter has advised clients on obtaining funding for freight and passenger railroad projects from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and other federal agencies. Peter also regularly helps clients and works with co-counsel on structuring transactions, providing targeted advice on commercial and legal issues unique to the rail industry. Disputes and Investigations Peter has advised clients on a wide variety of disputes involving freight and passenger railroads, including in federal and state courts, in private arbitration, and at the STB. He regularly counsels clients on strategic litigation issues presented by federal railroad law, including preemption of state and local laws and regulation under the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA). Peter has also helped railroad clients participate in investigations led by the STB and other federal agencies. Legislation and Rulemakings Peter has advised clients on legislation, administrative rulemakings, and other federal policy issues that affect the railroad industry. These include economic and safety regulation, environmental review, rail labor issues, competitive access, funding for and regulation of high-speed intercity passenger rail projects, and the interaction between freight and passenger railroads. · Railroad Law

Reid Weingarten

Senior Counsel · White-Collar Defense

Richard Roberts

Partner · Energy Law

Roger E. Warin

Senior Counsel · Insurance & Reinsurance

Ron Kendler

Partner · WTO Disputes

Ruxandra Cana

Managing Partner of Steptoe's Brussels office. Ruxandra defends industry interests through legal and regulatory challenges to EU market access, before both EU and national institutions and courts. Her practice is focused on EU regulatory law and litigation with a strong emphasis on chemicals and product regulations, such as REACH. She has notable experience and success with related matters concerning emerging issues such as nanotechnology. Ruxandra is a litigator well-known for her groundbreaking cases before the Court of Justice of the EU, as well as for her successful representation of clients in numerous appeals before the European Chemicals Agency's Board of Appeal (BoA). Many of the cases that Ruxandra handles have never before been argued: she develops new remedies and solutions to earn favorable outcomes for clients. For instance, she acted as counsel in the first successful direct action related to EU chemicals legislation before the EU General Court. She was also counsel in the only successful nano-related substance and dossier evaluation cases under REACH brought before the BoA, defending industry-wide interests. Ruxandra’s success for clients stems from her dedication to learn their business and be a trusted and pragmatic advisor. She has formed and continues to act as a trusted advisor to more than 30 industry groups. She further brings significant experience in EU rules on biocides and pesticides, cosmetics, medical devices, consumer products, food, and food contact materials. · Chemicals & Environment

Sarah Gordon

Partner · Insurance & Reinsurance

Shaun Boedicker

Partner · Energy

Wendy Wysong

Partner, Hong Kong Managing Partner Wendy Wysong focuses her practice on regulatory compliance and white-collar defense of international laws, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), US sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and US anti-boycott laws, as well as government fraud and public corruption. She represents clients throughout the United States and Asia in the logistics, defense, aerospace, healthcare, telecommunications, gaming, consumer goods, and energy sectors. Wendy is the managing partner of Steptoe's Hong Kong office and co-chair of the firm's Investigations and White-Collar Defense group. Ranked as a Band 1 practitioner by Chambers in its Asia Pacific and Global guides, clients report that Wendy is "at the top of her game technically" and "brilliant at bringing to bear a global picture of how regulators react." One insider noted that "she is the most experienced white-collar export lawyer that I know." Additionally, Global Investigations Review named her as one of the 100 remarkable women operating in the field of investigations around the world. Her notable experience includes leading an international team that represented a Chinese telecommunications company charged with violating US export controls and sanctions, and securing the first ever "Temporary General License" enabling the company to stay in business during the multi-agency investigation. As a former Assistant US Attorney in Washington and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement in the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), Wendy offers clients a unique combination of experience and insight as both a prosecutor and regulator before courts and agencies. · FCPA/Anti-Corruption

Zachary Song

Zachary Song is experienced in conducting international arbitrations and advising on disputes in the construction sectors, as well as general commercial arbitrations. Zachary is a New York-qualified lawyer who lived in New York, Singapore, Seoul, and Bangkok. He has a proven track record of representing Asian and international clients before international arbitral institutions globally, including the LCIA, SIAC, ICDR, ICC, SCC, as well as ad hoc tribunals. Zachary particularly has experience in the construction sector and helps clients in their disputes from the beginning stages of a project with contract administration and onwards to issues such as delay, project management and joint venture related problems and other claims arising out of construction projects. Zachary works very closely with his clients to advise on difficult negotiations with owners, subcontractors and other counterparties. He acutely understands the commercial and on-site realities of his clients when advising on legal positions to be taken against the particular counterparty. Zachary is a member of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) and a registered panel arbitrator of the Thailand Arbitration Center, Xi'An Arbitration Commission and Member of CIArb. He is also a panel lawyer for the Ministry of Law of South Korea regarding Singapore matters. As a committee member and advisor to the Korean Association in Singapore, Zachary assists the Korean community in Singapore on a pro bono basis. · International Arbitration