Edward M. Lebow

Ed Lebow has been skillfully representing clients in international trade cases for more than 40 years. They often comment that his approach is exceptionally business-oriented, cost-effective and targeted. Through years of providing insightful counsel to both domestic and foreign companies, Ed has developed an unusually broad and comprehensive perspective, which he brings to his clients’ business needs. Ed is AV® Peer Review Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory.

Ed guides both foreign buyers and domestic sellers of companies with sensitive technologies through the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He also regularly advises clients on both regulatory and transactional aspects of OFAC sanctions. 

Ed obtains relief for U.S. industries injured by dumped or subsidized imports and successfully defends foreign companies against such actions. He is especially adept in advising clients on how to comply with U.S. trade laws and avoid costly legal proceedings. Ed regularly deals with export controls, anti-bribery issues under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and customs matters, including advice on many of the recently imposed tariff programs. He also assists clients follow and understand international trade negotiations, most importantly the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), and he has represented both U.S. and foreign clients before Congress.

Prior to private practice, Ed served as an Assistant General Counsel of the U.S. International Trade Commission, focusing on antidumping, countervailing duty and Section 337 cases. He also headed the ITC’s Section 337 staff office. Ed’s experience covers a broad range of industries and regions. He has successfully represented clients in the aviation, chemicals, electronics, metals, oil and gas and other industries. Ed’s clients come from all corners of the globe, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore, India, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Ed is particularly proud of his connections with Japan. Ed has spent extensive time in Japan, having traveled there more than 70 times, and speaks Japanese, and he routinely advises clients on both the legal and cultural aspects of doing business in Japan. Ed was formerly Co-chair and Senior Advisor to the Asia-Pacific Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law.

Outside of his work on trade cases, Ed devotes considerable time as a volunteer with Prepare Parole, a Maryland non-profit that assists prison inmates prepare for their parole hearings. He also has worked on immigration matters with refugee victims of violence and abuse, winning asylum and ultimately citizenship for a victim of torture from Cameroon.