Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

With strengths in the energy sector, and increasingly the technology and financial sectors, the team at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton provides comprehensive sanctions and export controls compliance counseling to domestic and international companies and financial institutions. The group has experience advising on the sanctions aspects of large acquisitions and capital markets offerings. Team head Chase Kaniecki, who is based in Washington DC, has experience representing clients before the OFAC enforcement division and counseling on compliance and strategy for export controls and sanctions. Newly promoted partner Yulia Solomakhina, who is based in New York, specializes in Russia-related sanctions matters, including restructurings and exits. With expertise advising in relation to sanctions and enforcement actions, Samuel Chang is another key team member.