Bodi Jia, Associate, International Trade

Bodi Jia

Associate

Areas of Focus

Bodi Jia, Associate, International Trade

Bodi Jia

Associate

bjia@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

Save as PDF

Share This Biography

Biography
  • Represents clients in U.S. government investigations, internal investigations and compliance matters, including with respect to sanctions, export controls, antitrust, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering issues.
  • Advises on the extra-territorial impact of U.S. law and policy affecting international trade and business.
  • Advises clients on due diligence and the negotiation of underlying agreements to identify international trade-related liabilities and risks for M&A, financings and other corporate transactions.

Bodi’s practice focuses on cross-border investigations and compliance, with an emphasis on sanctions, export controls, antitrust, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering issues. She has experience in conducting internal investigations related to export control and anticorruption on behalf of major multinational companies in various industries, including technology, pharmaceutical, private equity and finance. She has also assisted international investment banks, asset management and private equity firms on trade compliance and anticorruption due diligence for investments in Asia.

Bodi also has experience in advising clients on due diligence and the negotiation of underlying agreements to identify international trade-related liabilities and risks for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), financings and other corporate transactions.

Representative Work
  • Representing a major Chinese technology company in its compliance programs and its global internal export control investigations.
  • Counselling several Chinese and foreign companies in connection with U.S. export control and sanction matters.
  • Representing multinational companies in conducting internal investigations of their potential violations of sanctions, export controls, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) insider trading rules.
  • Advising multinational companies in relation to their designation on the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List.
  • Representing several investment funds on sanction and anticorruption due diligence for their investments in Asia, and developed compliance policies for the acquired companies.
  • Advising both lenders and borrowers on sanctions, export and import controls, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and other trade-related provisions in financings both at the time of negotiation of such provisions and upon findings of potential violations.
  • Counselling various fund clients on the market analysis and antitrust review of complicated and high-profile merger cases.

Languages
  • English

  • Mandarin

Education
  • LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2019

  • LL.B., Renmin University of China, 2014

Bar Admissions
  • New York

Insights and Achievements

              Related Content

              People

              Distinguished by our areas of focus, as a cohesive and integrated firm, we are defined by the caliber of our work, the responsiveness of our service and a culture that is rooted in collaboration and forward-thinking.

              We Also Recommend

              Loading...
              Loading...
              Loading...
              Loading...