Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Akin Gump expands investigations, compliance practice in Asia, (Feb 11, 2015)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has expanded its investigations and compliance practice in Asia by adding antitrust attorney Vena Cheng to the firm’s Hong Kong office and relocating international trade partner Tatman R. Savio from the firm’s Washington office, according to a firm announcement.

Formerly Of Counsel to Morrison & Foerster, Cheng is a litigation senior consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in investigations and litigation. She has handled antitrust and unfair competition, white collar, and complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Over the past decade, she has advised a number of major Chinese and foreign companies in internal investigations, antitrust, and white collar criminal defense matters, as well as contractual and tort disputes. She focuses her practice on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), internal investigations, and enforcement action by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the H.K. Securities and Futures Commission across greater China.

Savio advises clients on U.S. law and policy affecting international trade and business, including export control laws, sanctions programs, foreign investment laws, anticorruption laws, and antiboycott regulations. She has experience in developing and implementing effective compliance programs, conducting investigations related to export control and sanctions violations and addressing enforcement concerns associated with the FCPA and equivalent antibribery regimes of other countries. Savio handles reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Founded in 1945, Akin Gump is a leading international law firm with more than 900 attorneys in offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Akin Gump’s Hong Kong office is fully integrated into the firm’s approach to cross-border, cross-practice collaboration and is a key hub for work across the Asia-Pacific region.

Attorneys: Vena Cheng and Tatman R. Savio (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP)

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