Former Head of BIS Export Enforcement Joins Gibson Dunn
Matthew Axelrod, the Bureau of Industry and Security's former export enforcement chief, has joined Gibson Dunn to help lead the firm's new sanctions and export enforcement practice group. Axelrod and former Treasury Department senior adviser Adam Smith will co-chair the new group, which they said will aim to help clients navigate rising export control and sanctions risks.
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Axelrod, who was also hired as a partner in Gibson Dunn's white collar defense and investigations practice, left BIS in January after overseeing a record-setting export enforcement pace under the Biden administration. He also led efforts to update the agency's administrative enforcement policies, including around voluntary disclosures and penalty amounts (see 2501020005, 2402130013 and 2412100043).