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Jess Cheng
Partner
Jess Cheng helps innovative companies adapt and thrive in the evolving payments space. She is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she represents clients as a member of the firm’s Fintech and Financial Services group.
Jonathan Chan
Partner
Jonathan represents technology-driven clients in corporate and transactional matters.
Stephen R. Heifetz
Partner
Stephen advises clients on laws and policies at the intersection of international business and national security. He previously served in the U.S. government on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.
Josh Kaplan
Partner
Joshua (Josh) Kaplan is a corporate partner in the London and New York offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on U.S. expansion and serving companies at all stages of their life cycle, with an emphasis on clients in the financial technology and financial services sectors.
Scott A. McKinney
Partner
Scott focuses on complex commercial and technology transactions and frequently advises companies with new and emerging technologies.
Matt Squires
Partner
Matt Squires is a partner in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and head of the firm’s Latin America practice group.
Matthew (Matt) Staples
Partner
Matt advises companies in a number of industries regarding privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and other information security issues.
Libby J. Weingarten
Partner
Libby Weingarten is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office, of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises companies on a broad range of U.S. and international privacy, consumer protection, and data security issues. She has extensive experience defending major corporations facing investigations by the FTC and other federal and state regulators. She has defended retailers, software companies, advertising technology companies, mobile app developers, and ed-tech companies against regulatory investigations into privacy and data security practices, and she has assisted them in conducting internal investigations in high-profile data security breaches.
Jahna Hartwig
Of Counsel
Jahna Hartwig is Of Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises domestic and foreign companies on compliance with international trade laws.
Anne E. Seymour
Senior Counsel
Anne Seymour is Senior Counsel in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Washington, D.C., office, where she focuses on issues related to compliance and enforcement of U.S. export control regulations and economic sanctions and U.S. import regulations.
Anne counsels foreign and domestic clients across technology industries on all aspects of international trade, including export controls, economic sanctions, and import issues. This work includes providing advice on potential export and import considerations stemming from cross-border technology transfers, joint venture projects, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, foreign distributor agreements, and delivery (both physical and virtual) of products and services.
Anne works closely with companies to determine which regulations may affect their transactions; obtain necessary government approvals related to the import, export, or transfer of their products, software, technology, and services; design and implement internal compliance programs; conduct compliance assessments; train employees on regulatory compliance issues; and, when necessary, prepare voluntary disclosures.
Anne is an expert in commercial and dual-use controls promulgated under the Export Administration Regulations, military-specific controls administered under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and economic sanctions programs implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. She assists clients as new regulatory challenges arise, including adapting to new sanctions regimes, classification of “critical technologies” as they may apply to CFIUS analyses, and obtaining of “deemed export” licenses for clients that employ H-1B visa holders in export-controlled areas.
Anne counsels foreign and domestic clients across technology industries on all aspects of international trade, including export controls, economic sanctions, and import issues. This work includes providing advice on potential export and import considerations stemming from cross-border technology transfers, joint venture projects, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, foreign distributor agreements, and delivery (both physical and virtual) of products and services.
Anne works closely with companies to determine which regulations may affect their transactions; obtain necessary government approvals related to the import, export, or transfer of their products, software, technology, and services; design and implement internal compliance programs; conduct compliance assessments; train employees on regulatory compliance issues; and, when necessary, prepare voluntary disclosures.
Anne is an expert in commercial and dual-use controls promulgated under the Export Administration Regulations, military-specific controls administered under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and economic sanctions programs implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. She assists clients as new regulatory challenges arise, including adapting to new sanctions regimes, classification of “critical technologies” as they may apply to CFIUS analyses, and obtaining of “deemed export” licenses for clients that employ H-1B visa holders in export-controlled areas.
Grace Beck
Associate
Grace Beck is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses on national security and international trade regulatory matters. She advises domestic and foreign entities on matters before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and other foreign direct investment (FDI) reviews. Grace also counsels clients on compliance and enforcement pertaining to export controls and information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply chain regulations administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and anti-money laundering laws administered by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and other financial regulators.
While in law school, Grace served as the legal intern at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) and the Office of Chief Counsel for BIS (OCC/IS), and for the Office of General Counsel at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Prior to law school, Grace worked as an administrator at a think tank specializing in international affairs and was a restaurateur.
While in law school, Grace served as the legal intern at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) and the Office of Chief Counsel for BIS (OCC/IS), and for the Office of General Counsel at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Prior to law school, Grace worked as an administrator at a think tank specializing in international affairs and was a restaurateur.
Troy K. Jenkins
Associate
Troy Jenkins is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His practice focuses on advising financial institutions, financial services companies, and technology companies providing electronic payment services on the legal issues affecting their business. Troy’s particular areas of expertise include federal money services business laws; state money transmission laws; the Electronic Fund Transfers Act (EFTA) and Regulation E; federal anti-money laundering laws; and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign Act). He also counsels clients on compliance with sanctions regimes.