ArentFox Schiff

International Trade and Investment

Counsel

Sylvia regularly advises clients with respect to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions and embargoes. She helps large and small US and non-US companies understand and comply with the complicated US laws and regulations governing exports and re-exports of goods, software, services, and technology. Sylvia advises clients on international regulatory issues, including civilian and military export controls, economic sanctions, and antiboycott regulations. She frequently assists clients with license applications, commodity classifications, compliance program design and implementation, audits, and voluntary disclosures to various government agencies, including the Directorate of Defense Trade Control (DDTC), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and OFAC.

Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Sylvia served in a clerkship with Judge Kim R. Gibson (Western District of Pennsylvania).

English, German, Italian, Swedish

University of Oxford, BA, 2011 Notre Dame Law School, JD, cum laude, 2014

Sylvia grew up in Europe and Asia and is fluent in German and French. She enjoys hiking, skiing, rock climbing, reading, and traveling to Europe.