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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Arshi Siddiqui
Work Department
Partner; Lobbying & Public Policy
Position
Arshi Siddiqui specializes in successfully navigating complex legislative and regulatory challenges faced by corporate and nonprofit clients. Drawing upon more than 20 years of public and private sector experience, her practice focuses on synthesizing policy and politics into viable legislative strategies on issues such as tax, technology, international trade, telecommunications and health care issues.
To learn more about Arshi, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/arshi-siddiqui.html
Career
Before joining Akin, Arshi served as senior advisor and counsel to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to develop and implement the House Democratic legislative agenda. During her tenure in the Speaker’s office, Arshi focused on tax, international trade, innovation, health, financial and retirement issues. She worked closely with the relevant committees, House and Senate leadership, administration and members of Congress to develop policy and formulate strategy on legislative priorities, many of which were ultimately signed into law.
Earlier in her career, Arshi served in a variety of capacities to broaden her skill set, including the House Ways and Means Committee for Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Congresswoman Eva Clayton (D-NC), a presidential campaign as well as a bipartisan lobbying firm.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > Government relations
(Leading lawyers)Akin houses one of the largest government relations practices in the market, with deep bench of lawyers and non-lawyers advisors who have extensive experience in the political process. Especially active in representing clients in high-profile interactions with congressional committees, the executive branch and federal agencies, key areas of strength of the bipartisan group include tax, trade, healthcare, financial services, energy and environment. The group is also noted for its congressional investigations offering, having recently assisted various corporates and senior executives with high-profile inquiries into the January 6th riot and the Covid-19 crisis. Specialized in international trade and intellectual property matters, Brian Pomper is a leading international trade lobbyist. He oversees the public law policy group alongside Hunter Bates, who covers matters in the tax, healthcare, transportation, technology and financial services segments. Raphael Prober and Karen Christian jointly leads the congressional investigations team and have significant experience in both the public and private sectors. Arshi Siddiqui is noted for her political and private sector experience, serving as senior policy advisor to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and representing corporate clients before Congress and the executive branch.
Lawyer Rankings
- Government relations United States > Government
- Leading lawyers United States > Government > Government relations
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization