Samuel Salyer Email & Phone Number

Samuel Salyer is counsel in Hughes Hubbard & Reed's Washington, DC office. Sam has represented individuals and multinational companies in investigations by U.S. authorities including the DOJ, SEC, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the Department of Labor (DOL), as well as investigations by foreign authorities and international institutions, including the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), French Parquet national financier (PNF), and the World Bank. Sam has worked closely with clients to investigate, remediate, and resolve high-profile civil and criminal matters. He has assisted clients in negotiating resolutions, satisfying post-resolution requirements, working with compliance monitors, and designing and implementing effective compliance programs.Where settlement is not advisable, Sam has experience litigating criminal and civil matters in U.S. federal court, including conducting both jury and bench trials, and before regulatory tribunals and state courts. Sam has also represented clients in successful appellate proceedings in federal and state courts, including arguing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, Sam has represented clients in international commercial arbitration conducted under the ICDR and ICC Rules.Sam maintains an active and diverse pro bono practice. In 2020, he helped lead a team that secured the release, under the First Step Act, of a defendant previously sentenced to life imprisonment on drug charges. In 2023, Sam was part of the team that helped secure the release of a high-profile human rights activist who was unlawfully detained by a foreign government.Sam has previously been based in Beijing (2015) and Paris (2016-2019).