Ryan Fayhee

Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Ryan Fayhee leads the sanctions, export controls and anti-money laundering practice group at Hughes Hubbard. Prior to private practice, Ryan served for 11 years in the DOJ, where he was a leading prosecutor handling complex investigations and prosecutions affecting the national security and foreign policy of the United States. He also previously served as the National Export Control Coordinator, the principal DOJ attorney overseeing sanctions and export control prosecutions nationally. Ryan represents companies, boards of directors, audit committees and senior executives in internal and government-facing cross-border investigations and advises clients on compliance and acquisition due diligence with a focus on sanctions, export controls, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and cybersecurity. Ryan has significant experience assisting multinational companies facing crises and other high-profile reputational risks. Ryan is also an experienced trial lawyer and regularly represents clients in federal court and before the DOJ, federal law enforcement authorities, and trade regulators at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Bureau of Industry and Security and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.