Select Engagements

Professional & Community Involvement

• Legal Outreach, Advisory Board Member
• Grameen Foundation Asia, Founding Friend
• International Bar Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• Shaker Heights School Foundation, Trustee

Publications & Presentations

• Panelist, "International White Collar Crime Symposium" (New York City Bar, New York City, November 2021)
• Co-author, "Envisioning a Future for COVID-19-Based Compassionate Release" (New York Law Journal, June 2021)
• Co-author, "Corporate Fraud & Corruption" (Financier Worldwide, April 2021)
• Co-author, "How Regulating GameStop’s ‘Market Manipulation’ Could Harm Crypto" (CoinDesk, March 2021)
• Co-author, “Trapping Interpol Misuse: Inside the Proposed TRAP Act” (Law360, May 2020)
• Co-author, “Why (and How) Public Companies and Traders Should Prepare for Regulatory Scrutiny Post-COVID-19” (Corporate Counsel, April 2020)
• Speaker, "The Ethics of Dealing with Government Surveillance and Client Confidentiality" (AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Orlando, June 2019)
• Speaker, "Investigation & Litigation in China — eDiscovery Challenges" (Fordham Law School, New York, January 2018)
• Speaker, "Dealing With The Rise Of Overseas Prosecutors: Counseling Senior Executives Facing Criminal Exposure In Multiple Jurisdictions" (Cambridge Forums’ Global Forum on Corporate Criminal Liability, Cascais, Portugal, March 2017)
• Co-author, "Investigations in the Middle Kingdom: What Florida Lawyers Need to Know About Internal Investigations in the People’s Republic of China" (International Law Quarterly, January 2017)
• Co-author, "Mitigating Risk in Asia-Based Investigations" (New York Law Journal, November 2016)
• Speaker, "The Cost of Doing Business: Understanding and Avoiding the Hazards of Internal Investigations in Asia" (Association of Corporate Counsel, Webinar, October 2016)
• Speaker, "Comparative Legal Systems and Special Enforcement Issues in China, the US & Beyond" (ABA Criminal Justice Section’s Global White Collar Crime Institute, Shanghai, November 2015)
• Speaker, "Hot Topics Involving U.S. Litigation and China" (Center for Chinese Legal Studies of Columbia Law School and the Chinese Business Lawyers Association, November 2015)
• Speaker, "Rise in Individual Liability — How to Prepare for Increased Arrests, Dawn Raids and Executive Liability Charges in China and Indonesia?" (6th Global Forum on Anti-Corruption Compliance in High Risk Markets, Washington DC, July 2015)
• Author, "In the land of the free, Chinese companies come up against the long arm of the US law" (South China Morning Post, February 2015)
• Author, "Year of the Asian Regulator" (FinanceAsia, January 2015)
• Speaker, "An International Conundrum: Conducting an Internal Investigation on Behalf of a Multinational Organization" (New York Law Journal, Webinar, November 2014)
• Speaker, "Enforcement: Ensuring that You Get the Money You’re Owed" (Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Summit, Hong Kong, September 2014)
• Speaker, "Navigating the White Collar Crime Landscape in China" (American Bar Association, August 2014)
• Author, "Ready or Not, Here Come the Asian Regulators" (The Wall Street Journal, June 2014)
• Guest Commentator, "Money for Nothing" (Radio Television Hong Kong, May 2014)
• Speaker, "Doing Business in China" (Practising Law Institute — The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Anti-Corruption Developments 2014, May 2014)
• Author, "Emerging Anti-bribery Risks for MNCs Operating in China" (The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Anti-Corruption Developments in 2014, Practising Law Institute, March 2014)
• Speaker, "Investigating Corruption in China — Finding Balance" (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law Seminar, March 2014)
• Speaker, "Thought Leaders Conference" (Morgan Stanley, November 2013)
• Speaker, "SEC Regulation Outside the United States" (Investoregulation Financial Conference, March 2013)
• Speaker, "Will Corporate Transparency Survive in Hong Kong?" (Foreign Correspondents’ Club, February 2013)
• Speaker, "CSRC and SEC: In Search of a Path Forward" (Chinese Business Lawyers Association, February 2013)
• Contributor, "SEC Investigations Expanded to Cayman Islands, the Tax Haven" (The Economic Observer, February 2013)
• Co-author, "Scars of Sparring Over Audit Access" (Shanghai Daily, January 2013)
• Co-author, "Controversy Over Auditing May Lead to a Wave of China Delistings in US (審計爭議或掀內企退市潮)" (Oriental Daily News, December 2012)
• Speaker, "Financial Due Diligence and Anti-bribery Laws" (International Bar Association’s Asia Pacific Mergers and Acquisitions Conference, November 2012)
• Author, "Resolving SEC-China Impasse is Negotiators’ Job" (China Daily, June 2012)
• Speaker, "How to Serve Clients in China with Your U.S. Litigation Practice" (American Bar Association, May 2012)
• Speaker, "Risks and Solutions for Chinese Companies listed in the United States" (Willis, Skadden, and FTI Consulting, November 2011)
• Speaker, "Understanding Compliance and the SEC's Enforcement Program" (Investoregulation's Conference on SEC Regulation Outside the United States, October 2011)
• Speaker, "What Bernie Madoff Can Teach Us About Due Diligence and the Psychology of Investing" (STEP, Hong Kong, December 2010)
• Speaker, "SEC Enforcement Division: Bigger, Stronger, Faster. Why Should the Korean Business Community Care?" (IAKL, September 2010)
• Speaker, "Coordinating a Response to Allegations of Financial Fraud" (Bar Association of the City of New York, January 2006)
• Speaker, "Estimating Damages in Securities Litigation" (Law Seminars International, June 2005)