Kelly Ann Shaw

Partner

Areas of Focus

Kelly Ann Shaw

Partner

kshaw@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Advises clients on international trade, global economics and national security policy matters.
  • Served as President Trump’s Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and the U.S. Sherpa for the G7, G20 and APEC.
  • Served as Trade Counsel to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and Assistant General Counsel for the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

The Honorable Kelly Ann Shaw is a partner in Akin’s lobbying & public policy practice. She is recognized as one of the world’s leading international trade, global economics and national security advisors.

Her practice focuses on the complex intersection of trade, supply chains and geopolitics. This includes tariff and customs issues, forced labor (UFLPA), national security measures, investment restrictions, World Trade Organization (WTO) litigation, as well as arctic, energy, global financial and industrial policies.

Kelly Ann spent a decade in government service, holding a number of high-profile and influential roles as a senior U.S. negotiator, litigator, diplomat and policy advisor. Most recently, she served as President Trump’s Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs. She was one of the key architects of the administration’s trade, investment, energy and national security policies. Kelly Ann was also the United States’ lead negotiator (Sherpa) for the G7, G20 and APEC, and a key negotiator of the U.S.-China Phase One Deal, among others.

Prior to the White House, she served as Trade Counsel to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and Assistant General Counsel for USTR in Washington, D.C. and Geneva. Kelly Ann has represented the U.S. in more than 40 WTO disputes and served as a lead negotiator for several major U.S. trade negotiations.

Kelly Ann has been named one of Washington D.C.’s Most Influential People by the Washingtonian Magazine for four consecutive years (2022-2025), a Next Generation Partner by The Legal 500 and recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America. She has testified multiple times before the U.S. Congress and has been a frequent media commentator for outlets around the world.

She also serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, a senior advisor (non-resident) for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and as an appointee by the U.S. to the USMCA Chapter 10 Dispute Settlement Panel Roster.

Education
  • J.D., Columbia Law School, with honors, 2009

  • Certificate in International Business Law, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2009

  • M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science, with honors, 2005

  • Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, cum laude, 2004

Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia

  • California

Recognitions
  • Legal 500 US, Government: Government Relations, Recommended, 2021.
  • The Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT), Woman of the Year for Government Service, 2019.

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