Tamer A. Soliman

International Trade: Clients turn to Tamer for advice on international trade issues such as governing cross-border investments, joint ventures/sales, manufacturing, and development of emerging technologies.

Investigations: Boards, audit committees and entities rely on Tamer in high-stakes investigations and enforcement actions. Both US and non-US companies trust his defense in multi-agency, data-intensive investigations under applicable export control and sanctions laws. 

Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2017, Tamer spearheaded the international expansion of the export control and sanctions practice at another prominent international law firm based in Washington. Prior to his time in private practice, Tamer clerked for the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division in 1999 and the Criminal Division in 1998. Prior to entering law school, he worked in Washington DC and the Middle East for the DC-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI).

• On multiple inter-agency disputes before the U.S. Government Operating Committee for resolution of DTSA and/or other agency objections to sensitive or novel export control licensing and conditions.
• A leading U.S. defense contractor in connection with complex compliance and large-scale disclosure reviews of hundreds of ITAR agreements in connection with consent decree obligations to the U.S. Department of State.
• A provider of artificial intelligence platform on cutting-edge issues relating to the development of trade compliance controls in the cloud computing and artificial intelligence environment.
• A global chemicals manufacturer in connection with trade regulatory and licensing matters relating to the development and financing of a $20billion joint venture to establish one of the largest petrochemicals manufacturing facilities in the world.
• Foreign government entities on various inbound and outbound trade promotion, trade policy and trade regulatory programs.
• A global manufacturer of chemical products in the planning and development of internal compliance procedures to manage risk relating to deemed exports, foreign "help-desk" IT support and data access issues, third-party agents and transfer of know-how in connection with the spinoff of assets.
• A US importer in negotiations with the US Department of Treasury enforcement officials to secure the elimination of all civil penalty claims in connection with alleged violations of proliferation sanctions against a Russian entity.
• A major US freight forwarder in securing the release of goods seized by US Customs and Border Protection in connection with shipments of defense articles regulated by the Department of State.

Conducted:

• Numerous internal investigations on behalf of US and non-U.S. companies in Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia; prepared voluntary self-disclosures to the departments of Commerce and Treasury; and negotiated comprehensive settlement agreements.
• A comprehensive compliance risk assessment and provided strategic counseling to a major aerospace joint venture engaged primarily in the development and sale of civil and military aircraft engines and parts.
• Numerous internal investigations on behalf of US companies and their foreign subsidiaries in Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia; prepared voluntary self-disclosures to the departments of Commerce and Treasury; and negotiated comprehensive settlement agreements.

Other engagements include:

• Litigation before the US Court of International Trade and US Court of Appeals Federal Circuit involving the statutory limits on the authority of US Customs and Border Protection to regulate and penalize customs brokers.