Meredith Rathbone Email & Phone Number

Meredith Rathbone, based in London and Washington, DC, is a Partner of Steptoe LLP and Steptoe International (UK) LLP, where she serves on the firm's Executive Committee and chairs the firm's International Trade and Regulatory Compliance practice group. She advises clients in the technology, energy, defense, aerospace, financial services, and other industries on compliance with economic sanctions and export controls laws and regulations. She regularly assists clients in undertaking internal investigations relating to compliance with ITAR, EAR, and OFAC requirements, and in making voluntary and directed disclosures to U.S. government agencies. She advises parties involved in M&A transactions on assessing and addressing international regulatory compliance risks. She regularly assists clients with establishing compliance and audit programs, undertaking classification and jurisdiction assessments of their products, software, and technology, seeking licenses, and obtaining advisory opinions from the relevant regulatory agencies. She has also assisted clients in navigating United Nations sanctions regimes and in addressing compliance related to forced labor in the supply chain.