Roy Liu

About Roy Liu

Attorney specializing in long-arm US trade and investment regulations including export…

Experience

1. Partner

   Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

   Jul 2023 — Present

   Roy Liu is a multidisciplinary problem solver adept at handling the most complex combinations of U.S. regulatory, investigation, litigation, and transactional issues.\\\\n\\\\nA “go to” trade expert for many Fortune 500 companies, Roy routinely handles regulatory and compliance matters related to economic sanctions, export controls, anti-money laundering (AML), customs, information and communication technology (ICTS), and reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He regularly represents clients before the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and CFIUS.\\\\n\\\\nRoy is battle-tested in all stages of U.S. federal government investigations. In 2018, Roy was a core member of the defense team in the landmark U.S. government investigation on ZTE, securing a settlement for the company that resulted in the lifting of trade restrictions on the company. Roy continues to play a key role in a number of ongoing major U.S. government investigations.\\\\n\\\\nRoy also is an experienced litigator, having played a key role in employment and intellectual property disputes before federal courts in California and trade disputes before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Federal Circuit, and the World Trade Organization (WTO).\\\\n\\\\nRoy is familiar with U.S. regulatory issues in cross-border transactions, having assisted the due diligence and remediation efforts in numerous M&A transactions involving Fortune 500 companies.\\\\n\\\\nRecognized as a leading expert on U.S. trade issues related to China, Roy has frequently been invited to speak on this topic at conferences and has appear in numerous publications.\\\\n\\\\nWhile at Stanford University Law School, Roy was on the Stanford Law Review and was selected as an article editor.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Stanford Law School

  Juris Doctor

  2006 — 2009

• Williams College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Mathematics

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Regulations
• Anti-Corruption
• Cfius
• Antidumping
• Customs Regulations
• Export Control Compliance
• Wto
• Customs/Cbp
• Economic Sanctions
• Fcpa