Hogan Lovells 2024 Election Impact and Congressional Outlook Report
Julia L. Diaz
Senior Associate Global Regulatory
Languages
English, French
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Julia Diaz advises clients on critical matters in the areas of export controls, economic sanctions, CFIUS, and anti-boycott. She provides high value on trade controls compliance issues, including submitting license applications and disclosures to the U.S. Treasury, Commerce, and State Departments, and conducting trainings and on-site audits.
Julia brings a unique human rights perspective to her practice. Before law school, she worked overseas in several developing nations on community organization and primary health care initiatives. While in law school, she worked in the International Human Rights Law Clinic and clerked for the judges of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania. Julia has continued her human rights work in her legal career by successfully representing a detained adult in asylum proceedings, serving as a regular Legal Aid intake volunteer, filing civil protection orders, and other pro bono activities.
Julia is also recommended for Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions in the Legal 500 United States 2024 rankings.
Representative experience
Advises companies in determining licensing requirements for exports, including to Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Russia/Crimea.
Advised university and pharmaceutical company regarding exports of controlled pathogens and related genetic materials, including obtaining licenses and filing disclosures.
Advised defense contractor during acquisition, including conducting due diligence and filing submissions with BIS and DDTC regarding transfer of licenses.
Created compliance program for insurance companies, universities/research institutes, pharmaceutical companies, and defense contractors regarding compliance with U.S. trade controls.
Assisted insurance company with disclosure to OFAC and subsequent subpoena response.
Assists a major Chinese telecommunications company with trade compliance monitorship arising from settlement agreement with the U.S. government.
Supported investigations under ITAR of potential provision of technical data and defense services to foreign persons by U.S. university employee.
Advises companies from a broad range of sectors regarding CFIUS issues, and assists with mandatory and voluntary filings to CFIUS.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia, 2014
- B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, Phi Beta Kappa, liberal arts honors, 2009
Bar admissions and qualifications
- District of Columbia
- New York
Court admissions
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
News
Press releases
15 March 2023
Press releases
03 March 2022