Samuel Chang

Partner at Cleary Gottlieb

Speaker

Sam Chang’s practice focuses on cross-border regulatory matters, including compliance, transactions, and enforcement relating to economic sanctions, export controls, CFIUS and global foreign direct investment. Sam has represented leading companies, financial institutions, sovereign and state-owned entities, and individuals in high-stakes transactions and complex regulatory and enforcement matters before OFAC, CFIUS, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the U.S. Departments of Justice and State, and other regulators, as well as sensitive internal investigations.

Sam has earned recognitions by Chambers, The Legal 500, and other leading publications. Prior to rejoining Cleary in 2018, he clerked for Judge Hisashi Owada at the International Court of Justice and Judge Harris L Hartz at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Sam has also previously worked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of the General Counsel for International Affairs and the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser.