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Client Alert February 6, 2026
International Trade 2025 Year-End Update
The Trump administration re-entered the White House with an expansive vision for how international trade tools can be wielded to …
Article October 7, 2025
Gibson Dunn Lawyers Contribute to International Comparative Legal Guide – Sanctions 2026
Partners Adam Smith and David A. Wolber are contributing editors to the International Comparative Legal Guide – Sanctions 2026 and, together with associates Dharak Bhavsar and Zach Kosbie, co-authors of the expert analysis chapter on “U.S.-China Strategic Competition and the Impact of Economic Statecraft on Global Financial Institutions and Corporates.”
Client Alert October 6, 2025
International Comparative Legal Guide – Sanctions 2026
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce with Global Legal Group the release of the International Comparative Legal Guide – Sanctions 2026.
Client Alert October 3, 2025
A Watershed Moment for Export Controls – The Risks and Complexities of the Commerce Department’s “Affiliates Rule”
The long-predicted move by the U.S. Commerce Department to expand the scope of U.S. export controls came into force on September 29, 2025. This is a historic expansion of regulations, and the sweeping new “Affiliates Rule” expands the scope of restrictions and introduces new and highly consequential compliance challenges for exporters across many sectors of the global economy.
Article September 10, 2025
Matt Axelrod, Justin duRivage, and Dharak Bhavsar Examine Export Controls as a Geopolitical Tool in Dow Jones Risk Journal
Writing in the Dow Jones Risk Journal, partner Matt Axelrod and associates Justin duRivage and Dharak Bhavsar explore the emergence of export controls as a strategic geopolitical tool for advancing U.S. foreign policy and national security under the second Trump administration.
Article July 11, 2025
Gibson Dunn Lawyers Author NGO Sanctions Chapter of GIR’s Guide to Sanctions
Partners Adam Smith and David Wolber, along with associates Dharak Bhavsar and Anna Searcey, are the co-authors of a chapter in the latest edition of The Guide to Sanctions from Global Investigations Review.
Client Alert May 20, 2025
BIS Initiates Rescission of AI Diffusion Framework; Issues Strong AI and Advanced IC Guidance and Warnings, with More to Come
The Bureau of Industry and Security has initiated the rescission of the AI Diffusion Framework and announced additional guidance, policies, and plans to introduce a replacement set of rules regulating AI models and advanced computing technologies, with a continued focus on China.
Client Alert February 26, 2025
Trump Administration Signals Material Updates to CFIUS and Outbound Investment Regulations
On February 21, 2025, the White House issued the “America First Investment Policy” National Security Presidential Memorandum, signaling an intention to increase restrictions and modify review criteria for U.S. inbound investments with Chinese touchpoints and expand the scope of the nascent outbound investment restrictions.