Adam M. Smith, co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s International Trade Practice Group, is a Chambers and Partners ranked partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Most recently, he was named by Legal 500 US 2024 as a "Leading Lawyer" in International trade: Customs, export controls and economic sanctions, and has been named by Global Investigations Review to its “25 Most Respected Sanctions Lawyers in Washington, D.C.” list. Adam is an experienced international trade lawyer with a focus on economic sanctions, export controls, embargoes, CFIUS, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
From 2010 to 2015, Adam served in the Obama Administration as the Senior Advisor to the Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and as the Director for Multilateral Affairs on the National Security Council. At OFAC he played a primary role in all aspects of the agency’s work, including briefing Congressional and private sector leadership on sanctions matters, shaping new Executive Orders, regulations, and policy guidance for both strengthening sanctions (Russia and Syria) and easing measures (Burma and Cuba), and advising on enforcement actions following sanctions violations.
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Updated at: 14/07/2024