Hayley Ryerson

Associate

Areas of Focus

Hayley Ryerson

Associate

hryerson@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Advises on all aspects of economic sanctions, export controls and trade regulation under U.S., EU and Swiss law.
  • Counsels sovereign and multinational clients on international trade law and policy.
  • Advises on anticorruption, anti-money laundering, national security and foreign direct investments.

Hayley specializes in a broad range of international trade issues. She advises clients on United States (U.S.), European Union (EU) and Swiss trade compliance matters, provides transactional assistance and supports clients with licensing and enforcement procedures. Additionally, Hayley counsels sovereign and multinational clients on international trade law and policy, including free trade agreement negotiation and international dispute settlement.

Prior to joining Akin, Hayley worked in the international trade department of another large global law firm in its Zurich and Geneva offices.  

While attending Harvard Law School, Hayley interned at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Representative Work
  • Advised companies on a wide variety of economic sanctions and export controls matters, including ownership and control, licensing applications and outreach to regulators under U.S., EU and Swiss law.
  • Advised companies on sanctions and export control compliance specifically with respect to divesting from Russia.
  • Counselled multinationals on the development of global trade compliance programs.
  • Represented sovereign clients before the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body and bi-lateral negotiations.  

Languages
  • English

  • German

  • French

  • Italian

Education
  • LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2024

  • LL.M., University of Zurich, summa cum laude, 2021

  • LL.B., University of Zurich, cum laude, 2020

Bar Admissions
  • New York

Recognitions
  • The Legal 500 EMEA, Trade/WTO, Rising Star, 2024

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