Bo Yue

Of Counsel

Washington, DC

+1 202 429 6495

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Areas of Work

Export Controls, Economic Sanctions, Independent & Internal Investigations, World Bank/IFI Investigations

Languages

Mandarin Chinese

Japanese

Overview

Bo Yue advises on investigations, enforcement, and compliance issues arising under the US export controls and economic sanctions, US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, antitrust/competition laws, trade secret laws, and other legal and regulatory regimes. In the area of US export controls and economic sanctions, Bo has experience advising clients on jurisdictional assessment, compliance, licensing, disclosures, and enforcement actions.

Bo draws from his 15 years of combined experience in the US, China, and Japan. He has defended clients against charges and allegations involving sanctions/export control violations, fraud, corruption, trade secrets, and antitrust violations. Prior to joining Steptoe, Bo worked for another prominent US law firm in Shanghai and Beijing for three years. Before his time in China, Bo attended a Ph.D. program in civil law in Japan, and interned with one of the largest law firms based in Tokyo.

District of Columbia
New York
Qualified in China

LL.M., Stanford Law School, 2012
LL.M., Keio University, 2006
M.A., Nankai University, 2003
B.A., Nankai University, 2000

Areas of Work

Representative Matters

Advise US, Chinese, European, and Japanese companies in semiconductor supply chain on issues relating to compliance with US export controls.
Advise Chinese companies in the semiconductor, biotechnology, and information technology industries on its efforts to cope with and to be removed from the BIS Entity List and to prevent additional listings by other agencies.
Advise Chinese technology companies on all aspects of their inclusions on the BIS Entity List.
Advise clients on export controls and sanctions issues with respect to aircraft-related transactions.
Advised US and Japanese clients on issues relating to disclosure of potential violations of US export controls and economic sanctions.
Defended a global financial institution in parallel investigations by the United States Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, and other national law enforcement agencies relating to corruption and fraud allegations in a sub-Saharan African country.
Conducted an independent investigation on behalf of external investigative committee of a multinational auto parts manufacturer into alleged accounting irregularities.
Defended a publicly-traded U.S.-based oilfield services company in its FCPA investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.
Defended a US subsidiary of a Chinese technology company in a complex trade secret litigation involving robotics and touchscreen testing.
Defended two Chinese nationals, who were arrested in the United States and charged, along with their China-based employer, with criminal violations of US export control laws relating to transshipments of goods from the US through China to Iran.

Speaking Engagements

"BIS New Semiconductor Rules," China Semiconductor Industry Association and China Center for Information Industry Development's International Research Conference, November 11, 2022
"How are Financial Institutions Reacting to China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law?" Steptoe's Financial Services University, November 30, 2021
"Managing the Evolving Complexities of Extraterritorial and Secondary Sanctions and Potential Enforcement Actions," ACAMS China Virtual Symposium, July 4, 2020
"Using Due Diligence to Increase Financial Transparency," AmCham China's Business Sustainability Summer Series, Beijing, China, June 30, 2015