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Ronald Meltzer
Work Department
AML and Economic Sanctions Compliance and Enforcement ; Aviation ; Bank Regulation and Enforcement ; Business and Financial Integrity ; Consumer Financial Services ; Education ; Government Contracts ; International Trade, Investment and Market Access ; Media and Entertainment ; National Security
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Ronald Meltzer’s practice focuses on compliance and enforcement matters relating to US export controls and economic sanctions. His work includes due diligence reviews, transaction advice, licensing, corporate compliance programs, regulatory audits, voluntary disclosures and enforcement cases. Mr. Meltzer has extensive experience dealing with the US Department of State, US Department of Commerce and OFAC on these matters. Mr. Meltzer also represents clients in customs and trade remedy cases and provides advice on Foreign Agents Registration Act requirements.
Professional Activities
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Meltzer was a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he published widely in the fields of US foreign economic relations, national security and international trade law. He previously worked on trade matters in the office of the Secretary of Commerce and for former Senator Bill Bradley, and has taught at the MARA Institut Teknologi in Malaysia and at American University’s School of International Service. Mr. Meltzer is a member of the Washington Council of Human Rights First and the Washington Leadership Board of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.
Memberships
- District of Columbia
- New York
Education
JD, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, 1989
PhD, Columbia University, 1975
BA, Ohio University, 1970
Lawyer Rankings
United States > International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
(Hall of Fame)WilmerHale stands out for its ‘combination of expertise on trade compliance laws in the US, UK and EU, with a practical mindset on implementation’. The group is additionally distinguished by its ability to draw on the firm’s premier white-collar criminal defense practice for support in complex investigations and enforcement matters. Washington DC-based senior counsel Ronald Meltzer is a high-profile expert in export and economic sanctions matters, where he provides ‘clear, practical advice assessing not just the legal but other risks associated with proposed actions’. Michael Dawson, also in Washington DC, is a specialist in regulatory compliance matters concerning financial and technology clients, while New York-based up-and-coming partner Zachary Goldman has extensive experience in representing fintech entities on sanctions-risk management. On the customs front, Washington DC-based trade litigator Jeffrey Kessler has experience in customs matters and forced labor-related laws.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions United States > International trade
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense