Akin Partner Ryan Fayhee Named a ‘Distinguished Adviser’ by Financier Worldwide

As part of its 2023 Power Players feature, Financier Worldwide has named Akin international trade partner Ryan Fayhee a Distinguished Adviser in the category International Trade & Sanctions 2023.

In the accompanying profile, it notes that Ryan assists corporates, boards of directors and audit committees, among others, facing cross-border government investigations and other “high-profile reputational risks,” as well as advises clients on strategic opportunities, governance and compliance best practices, and national security reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

In the profile Q&A, regarding trends on the horizon, Ryan said, “The US enforcement and regulatory authorities continue to resource and prioritize the use of sanctions and export controls as the go-to tools in furtherance of the foreign and national security policy goals of the US. As a result, countries that are being targeted with these tools, notably Russia and China, have begun to enact countermeasures designed to circumvent or frustrate these measures. Multinationals doing business in these countries or reliant upon them for their supply chains are often caught in the middle of these geopolitical disputes.”

Among the representative engagements noted in his profile are Ryan’s work representing the board of directors of a multinational in a high-profile internal investigation into allegations of terrorist financing, sanctions and money laundering activities; a multinational tech company in a congressional investigation and subsequent constitutional litigation challenging novel government-wide debarment and suspension actions; and a non-U.S. chief executive under indictment by the Department of Justice for sanctions violations.