Hanyu (Iris) Xie
Partner
New York
iris.xie@lw.com
+1.212.906.4530
PRACTICES
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Litigation & Trial
- White Collar Defense & Investigations
INDUSTRIES
- Financial Institutions
EDUCATION
- JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2015
cum laude - BA in Psychology, University of Richmond, 2012
summa cum laude
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
- Chinese (Mandarin)
PROFILE
Iris Xie advises clients on complex securities and commercial litigations as well as criminal, civil, and regulatory enforcement matters.
Iris has extensive experience representing and advising international corporations, financial institutions, and directors and officers in federal and state court proceedings, arbitrations and mediations, as well as regulatory inquiries by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and other federal agencies. Her clients range across a variety of industries, including technology, cryptocurrency, banking and financial services, oil and gas, and e-commerce.
EXPERIENCE
Iris' recent experience includes representing:
- The founder and majority owner of a China-based technology company in federal securities class actions
- The founders and owners of cryptocurrency businesses in high-profile government investigations, and civil, and criminal enforcement actions, as well as federal securities, and commodities class actions across different jurisdictions
- Foreign financial institutions in complex antitrust class actions in federal district and appellate courts
- A global banking institution in a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for anti-money laundering and sanctions violations
- A Canadian energy company in restructuring proceedings
- The board of directors of a large e-commerce company in a post-acquisition fiduciary duty litigation