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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP offers a full-service UK/EU trade team that is deeply experienced across the gamut of relevant areas including trade and financial sanctions, export controls, customs compliance, and WTO law. Practice head Steven Farmer draws on nearly two decades of experience in this field, with a particularly broad sector focus that spans technology, energy, financial services, aviation and media.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘An extremely competent and very committed team of professionals.’

  • ‘A real dream team of professional legal advisors.’

  • ‘Their expertise and familiarity with their clients and their needs is fantastic.’

  • ‘Very highly skilled and make an effort to understand their clients' needs.’

  • ‘The team has deep knowledge of US, EU and UK export controls and sanctions.’

  • ‘The team has ties with various regulators, which is helpful in securing an opinion on export control or sanctions matters.’

  • ‘The team is very responsive and provides practical advice. They work very well in conjunction with their US colleagues on sanctions and export control matters.’

  • ‘Steve Farmer is very knowledgeable about UK and EU sanctions and export control regulations. He is very responsive and provides sound, practical advice that goes straight to the point.’

Key clients

  • Meta Platforms, Inc
  • Chevron Corporation
  • Bank of Cyprus
  • Raine Group, LLC
  • Intelsat Corporation
  • Bombardier Aerospace
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc
  • Hyve Solutions Europe Limited
  • TD Synnex
  • Hellenic Bank
  • 1stdibs.com, Inc
  • Lumacron
  • SunExpress
  • Russia-China Greater Bay Area Equity
  • Investments
  • World Nuclear Association
  • Akamai Technologies
  • CEECAT
  • Associated Energy Group

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Steven Farmer

Other key lawyers

Matthew Oresman