Matthew Yeo

Partner

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Matthew Yeo is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he practices in the International Department.  Mr. Yeo advises clients on a wide range of issues related to international trade, international arbitration, and international issues in electronic commerce and technology.

International Trade
Mr. Yeo advises sovereign and non-sovereign clients on matters arising under the agreements of the World Trade Organization. He has represented clients in dispute settlement proceedings before the WTO, including matters arising under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. Mr. Yeo also advises clients on market access issues in the goods and services sectors.

In the area of trade policy, Mr. Yeo has counseled sovereign and non-sovereign clients on the development of positions in the Doha Round, the negotiation of bilateral free trade agreements, and the application of international trade disciplines to emerging technologies.

Mr. Yeo has represented clients in numerous countervailing duty investigations before the US Department of Commerce, including investigations in the wheat, steel, uranium, petrochemical, and softwood lumber industries. He has also represented clients in import injury proceedings before the US International Trade Commission. Mr. Yeo’s practice includes appeals of trade remedy determinations before the US Court of International Trade, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and binational panels established under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

International Arbitration and Transnational Litigation
Mr. Yeo has represented clients in international commercial arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce and other ad hoc procedures. He has also advised clients on national and international legal issues in transnational litigation and foreign sovereign litigation.

Technology
Mr. Yeo has advised clients on the development and implementation of electronic commerce solutions. He has worked extensively in the area of public key infrastructure (PKI) technologies and has helped develop authentication and security programs in the healthcare, mortgage finance, insurance, and banking industries. 

Noteworthy

• Recommended by Legal 500 US 2008 for Litigation: International Trade 
• Canadian Wheat and Lumber Have Two Further Victories
• Two International Trade Litigation Victories for Canada Clients

Select News & Events

• "AD/CVD/Safeguard Investigation Processes in the US" Conference at the Inter-American Development Bank, May 14, 2008
• 2005 Promotions

Publications

• Distance Health Service Under the General Agreement on Trade in Services
  July 2, 2002, Journal of Health Law
• Co-author, “E-Products and the WTO”
  2001, 35 International Lawyer 5
• Conflict Looms Over Choice of Law in Internet Transactions
  4 Electronic Commerce Law Report 85 (BNA)
  January 27, 1999
• Background Paper on Electronic Authentication Technologies and Issues
  June 1999, prepared for the OECD in connection with the Joint OECD-Private Sector Workshop on Electronic Authentication 2-4
• Survey of International Electronic and Digital Signature Initiatives
  Published in two parts: June 1999, July 1999, 1 E-Commerce Law Report 8 & 9