Soo- Mi Rhee

Partner at Arnold & Porter

Speaker

A trusted adviser to major corporations facing high-stakes criminal and regulatory investigations, Soo-Mi Rhee, who leads the firm’s Anti-Corruption practice, offers extensive experience in major anti-corruption, compliance, national security, and export controls and sanctions issues, with particular expertise in high-tech industries. Soo-Mi helps companies and institutions establish compliance programs, obtain export authorizations, obtain product classifications, conduct compliance risk assessments/audits, and conduct internal investigations. She also regularly represents clients in economic sanctions, export controls, and/or Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement proceedings before the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC), the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (BIS), the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of State (DDTC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and/or U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In addition, Soo-Mi assists clients with concerns regarding U.S. national security-based foreign investment restrictions administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). In law school, Soo-Mi was executive managing editor of the Columbia Law Review and a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar. She is fluent in Korean.