Lisa S. Raisner

Lisa S. Raisner, Principal

Lisa has been shaping policy outcomes to mitigate regulatory, operational and reputational risk for Fortune 500s and government clients across private equity, technology, agriculture and manufacturing for more than two decades. She has won regulatory approval for more than $20B dollars in transnational investment by guiding clients through national security-related reviews at CFIUS and at the departments of Commerce, Defense, State and Treasury. In addition, she has positioned more than 75 companies to safeguard critical technologies, software and information by designing and implementing trade compliance programs. Lisa has also saved clients almost $1B on antidumping, countervailing duty and customs matters; opened markets in the US, Mexico and Asia; and, saved US consumers $5B+ by reducing tariffs at the border. She is an expert on both the technical, sales, cost and corporate structure aspects of antidumping and countervailing duties, as well as the political and congressional dynamics at play in this area, including the role of the press.

She previously served as Head of Government Relations at the global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP where she navigated the challenges of US international trade and national security regulation advising governments and c-suites in North America, Europe and Asia. Lisa started her career at the International Trade Administration at the US Department of Commerce where she advanced US trade, compliance, investment and energy policy by providing strategic counsel to senior US government political executives, implementing executive branch policy mandates and managing Congressional outreach and leading interagency coordination for the Commerce Department within the executive branch. She also helped negotiate a comprehensive agreement restricting steel trade with Russia and other antidumping agreements, taking the lead on explaining the agreements to the US Congress and the press.

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