Tamer A. Soliman advises corporate and government clients on a wide range of international trade issues governing cross-border investments, joint ventures and sales, including in the areas of export/defense trade controls, economic sanctions, anticorruption laws and import laws. Mr. Soliman has over 10 years of experience in providing strategic counseling to multinationals on minimizing regulatory risks associated with diverse global holdings and acquisitions and in representing clients in government enforcement actions involving complex compliance investigations. In addition, Mr. Soliman has counseled a number of governmental entities on law and policy issues relating to strategic trade promotion programs. Mr. Soliman has also conducted compliance assessments and developed compliance programs for the Middle Eastern, European and Asian operations of several global companies.

Mr. Soliman has advised clients in various sectors, including engineering services, energy, defense/aerospace, private equity and logistics. His representations have included—

• advising a foreign government entity on various inbound and outbound trade promotion, trade policy and trade regulatory programs
• conducting comprehensive compliance risk assessment and providing strategic counseling to a major aerospace joint venture engaged primarily in the development and sale of civil and military aircraft engines and parts
• assisting a major engineering design firm in conducting several export classification reviews associated with potential technology transfers and developing regulatory compliance policies and procedures to support outsourcing objectives in third countries and areas, including India, China and Europe
• conducting FCPA due diligence in connection with payments by a foreign consultant in connection with government contracts for a major international sporting event
• conducting an internal investigation in connection with potential corrupt payments to foreign military and customs officials by various foreign subsidiaries of an issuer of U.S. securities in the aviation services industry
• assisting a global manufacturer of chemical products in planning and development of internal compliance procedures to manage risk relating to deemed exports, foreign “help-desk” IT support and data access issues, third-party agents and transfer of know-how in connection with spin-off of assets
• conducting U.S. export control and FCPA training for the U.S., European and Asian country managers of a U.S.-based global petroleum products manufacturer at its U.S. and European hubs
• conducting acquisition due diligence on export control, antibribery and customs compliance issues
• conducting numerous internal investigations on behalf of U.S. companies and their foreign subsidiaries in Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia, preparing voluntary self-disclosures to the departments of Commerce and Treasury and negotiating comprehensive settlement agreements
• representing a U.S. importer in negotiations with U.S. Department of Treasury enforcement officials to secure elimination of all civil penalty claims in connection with alleged violations of proliferation sanctions against a Russian entity
• litigation before the U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit involving the statutory limits on the authority of U.S. Customs to regulate and penalize customs brokers
• assisting a major U.S. freight forwarder to secure the release of goods seized by U.S. Customs in connection with shipments of defense articles regulated by the Department of State.

Prior to joining Akin Gump in 2000, Mr. Soliman was a summer law clerk for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division in 1999 and the Criminal Division in 1998. Mr. Soliman earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 2000 where he was an editor of the Virginia Law Review. He also received his B.A. with highest distinction from the University of Virginia in 1996, with majors in foreign affairs and Middle East studies. Before entering law school, he worked on governance and civic participation issues in Washington, D.C. and the Middle East for the D.C.-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), under whose auspices he spent time in Yemen working on the 1997 parliamentary elections.

Mr. Soliman is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of International Trade.