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Experience:
For three decades, Simeon M. Kriesberg has helped clients in the US and other countries address the wide range of legal issues arising from international trade in goods, services, technology, and capital. His practice encompasses counseling on corporate compliance and governance, international transactions, international litigation, and trade policy.
Simeon’s compliance work includes advice on US embargoes, export controls, antiboycott laws, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, customs laws, antidumping laws and other trade remedies, restrictions on foreign investments in the United States, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. His international transactional work includes structuring, negotiating, and documenting agreements regarding acquisitions, dispositions, sourcing, distribution, joint ventures, licensing, trade finance, technology transfer, consulting, and other commercial arrangements. Simeon has represented clients in litigation or arbitration over commercial disputes, administration of trade laws (customs, antidumping laws, embargoes), and public international law issues (expropriation, act of state, foreign sovereign immunity). He has also advised clients on developing trade policy proposals and strategies to shape regulations, legislation, and multilateral negotiations.
Simeon was one of the initial 25 Americans to be appointed by the US Government to serve in dispute resolution panels under the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement and was reappointed to serve under NAFTA. He has been honored with the Pro Bono Service Award from Global Rights in 1991 and with the Lawrence L. O'Connor Medal, the highest award given to corporate counsel within the Sears family of companies, in 1984. Simeon joined Mayer Brown in 1987, and had previously served in senior capacities (including Vice President and General Counsel) with Sears World Trade, Inc.
Education:
Yale Law School, JD, 1977; Law Journal, article and book review editor, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, MPA, 1977, Harvard College, AB, magna cum laude, 1973. | 