Wendy Wysong focuses her practice on regulatory compliance and white-collar defense of international laws, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), US sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and US anti-boycott laws, as well as government fraud and public corruption. She represents clients throughout the United States and Asia in the logistics, defense, aerospace, healthcare, telecommunications, gaming, consumer goods, and energy sectors.

As a former Assistant US Attorney in Washington and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement in the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), Wendy offers a unique combination of experience and insight as both a prosecutor and regulator before courts and agencies.

Nick Turner works with multinational financial institutions and corporations in the United States, European Union, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, and other jurisdictions in Asia on all aspects of economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, and anti-bribery and corruption compliance and investigations. Prior to joining Steptoe, Nick served as a regional sanctions compliance officer, based in Hong Kong, for a US-based multinational financial institution, after completing the bank’s two-year compliance management associate program in New York and California.

He has experience advising on a wide range of financial services, including commercial and retail banking, credit cards, trade finance, capital markets, and digital services, among others. Drawing on his in-house experience, he focuses on guiding clients on designing and implementing practical and risk-based compliance programs and advising on the application of regulations from the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and other agencies to clients’ international businesses.

Brent has more than twenty years of hands-on business experience as a creative problem solver addressing fraud, corruption, and compliance issues for companies globally, both as an external consultant and in internal management positions in Greater China.

His experience includes complex corporate fraud and regulatory compliance matters on all major continents, including trade compliance due diligence on operations across EMEA and Asia, as well as building compliance programs in post-merger integration. Brent can speak and read Mandarin Chinese.

Jim has over twenty years of consulting expertise helping clients navigate mission critical matters impacting their business including internal investigations, due diligence engagements, security reviews, and regulatory compliance monitorships.

Prior to his consulting career Jim served as Senior Advisor to the FBI Director advising on sensitive domestic and foreign law enforcement matters, including economic espionage and theft of IP. Jim was instrumental in expanding the FBI’s overseas law enforcement presence which yielded a substantial increase to the FBI’s Legal Attaché Program and resources for U.S. government interagency support.