
Hayley Ryerson
Associate
Areas of Focus
- International Trade
- Export Controls
- Economic Sanctions
- International Trade Policy
- National Security
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- Regulatory
- World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Resolution & Counseling
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Antibribery/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- 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).
- 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.
LanguagesEnglish
German
French
Italian
English
German
French
Italian
EducationLL.M., Harvard Law School, 2024
LL.M., University of Zurich, summa cum laude, 2021
LL.B., University of Zurich, cum laude, 2020
LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2024
LL.M., University of Zurich, summa cum laude, 2021
LL.B., University of Zurich, cum laude, 2020
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- The Legal 500 EMEA, Trade/WTO, Rising Star, 2024