Steptoe LLP‘s team is particularly skilled at representing US-listed companies with subsidiaries in the PRC in relation to corruption, bribery and international trade violations. Splitting her time between Hong Kong and San Francisco, Caitrin McKiernan excels in handling large internal investigations for US-listed companies in APAC. Ali Burney advises on sanction and export control matters. Washington DC and Hong Kong-based team head Wendy Wysong is well-placed to assist Chinese companies facing international trade scrutiny, including assisting with removal from US ’blacklists’, such as the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) Entity List.
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Practice head
Wendy Wysong
Other key lawyers
Ali Burney; Cáitrín McKiernan; Zoey Hong; Lin Yang; Wilson Zhao