Webcast: Export Controls
Webcasts | November 4, 2026
Join Gibson Dunn lawyers for a recorded webcast as they discuss key developments in export controls enforcement, regulation, and licensing policy and practice, and the strategies for managing business, compliance, and enforcement risk in today’s evolving global trade environment.
MCLE CREDIT INFORMATION:
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PANELISTS:
Adam M. Smith is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and serves as co-chair of the firm’s International Trade Advisory and Enforcement, as well as the Sanctions and Export Enforcement Practice Groups. He is an experienced international lawyer with a focus on international trade compliance and white collar investigations, including federal and state economic sanctions enforcement, tariffs, CFIUS, embargoes, export and import controls, and anti-bribery/anti-corruption regulations.
Matt Axelrod is a nationally recognized crisis management and white-collar defense lawyer with deep criminal, national security, and export enforcement experience. His practice focuses on internal investigations, white-collar criminal defense, and crisis management for U.S. and multinational companies, their boards, and their senior executives. Matt co-chairs Gibson Dunn’s Sanctions and Export Enforcement practice, where he works closely with clients to conduct internal investigations, evaluate compliance programs, advise on voluntary self-disclosures, and defend against government-facing investigations.
Melissa Farrar is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focuses on white collar defense, internal investigations, and corporate compliance.
Christopher T. Timura is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and a member of the firm’s International Trade, White Collar Defense and Investigations, and ESG Practice Groups.
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