Eric Xie

• Assessed compliance risks associated with various U.S. sanctions programs and export control regulations across the banking and technology industries.
• Prepared license applications, delisting requests, and voluntary self-disclosures to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
• Conducted due diligence and prepared declarations and notices for matters involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
• Advised on investment and compliance risks related to the Outbound Investment Security Program.
• Drafted questionnaire responses, scope rulings, comments, and briefs for various anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) matters.
• Prepared classifications, protests, disclosures, and responses to inquiries from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
• Responded to CBP detentions related to forced labor for clients from various industries.

Eric Xie has experience in a variety of international trade matters. He advises on import issues such as customs compliance and trade remedy as well as on national security issues such as U.S. export controls, sanctions, and matter issues involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Outbound Investment Security Program.

Eric was previously an associate at an Am Law 50 firm, working on a range of international trade matters. He also gained experience as a judicial intern for the Hon. Fern Flanagan Saddler of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Before law school, Eric assisted with complex litigation matters as a litigation paralegal.

Eric earned his J.D., cum laude, from the American University Washington College of Law. While there, he served as the executive editor of the Administrative Law Review and was a member of the ABA Arbitration team.

Languages

• Mandarin

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• American University (J.D., 2022)
• University of Georgia (B.B.A., 2017)

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