Patrick M. Norton

Partner

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1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20036
TEL: 202.429.8034
FAX: 202.429.3902

Patrick M. Norton is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the International Department.

Mr. Norton has extensive experience in international commercial arbitration, litigation, trade disputes, and regulatory matters. He has been lead counsel in over 100 international arbitrations, lawsuits, and trade disputes involving Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, and has served as an arbitrator in international disputes under AAA, ICC, and UNCITRAL rules.

Prior to joining Steptoe, Mr. Norton practiced law for more than 20 years with other leading law firms, including more than six years in China. Mr. Norton also served in the US State Department as Assistant Legal Adviser for East Asia and later for the Near East and South Asia. He represented the United States in numerous international negotiations and litigation. For these services, Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush awarded Mr. Norton the highest honors available to senior US government employees.

Representative Matters

• Conducted numerous FCPA investigations for US companies doing business in China.
• Represented the Japanese steel industry in three Chinese trade remedy investigations of steel imports.
• Advised an NYSE-listed Chinese company in interrelated New York litigation and London and Singapore arbitrations.
• Advised foreign receivers of a $250 million real estate development project in China regarding litigation in both China and the Caribbean, and related administrative and arbitration proceedings.
• Represented a foreign party in the sale of Chinese breweries to a Chinese state-owned company.
• Represented foreign parties in CIETAC arbitrations involving tens of millions of dollars in trade disputes.

Noteworthy

• Listed in Who's Who Legal for Commercial Arbitration in 2007-2008
  

Select News & Events

• Managing International Regulatory Risks in M&A, November 13, 2008
• The FCPA Risk in China, Deloitte Seminar on Doing Business in China, September 24, 2008
• Pat Norton to Co-Chair First-Ever China Summit on Anti-Corruption in China, July 15, 2008
• The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2008: Coping with Heightened Enforcement Risks, April 16, 2008
• Steptoe FCPA Alert Published by Competition Law360
• Successfully Managing An Internal Investigation, Asia Anti-Corruption Summit in Hong Kong, January 22, 2008
• Patrick Norton Speaks at Legal, Tax and Financial Strategies for Doing Business in China Conference, December 13, 2007
• Patrick Norton Joins Steptoe's International Department
• 18 Steptoe Attorneys Selected for Who's Who Legal

Publications

• High-Level Executives Targeted for FCPA Enforcement; Continued Scrutiny of Foreign Subsidiary Operations
  October 8, 2008
• International Law Advisory - New Department of Justice FCPA Opinion Procedure Release Establishes a Limited Safe Harbor Against Successor Liability Based on Significant Undertakings by An Acquirer Regarding Its Post-Closing Conduct
  July 1, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Willbros Group Agrees to Pay $32.3 Million To Resolve DoJ and SEC FCPA Enforcement Actions
  May 21, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Recent Oil-for-Food Program Cases Show the Government's Willingness to Pursue "Improper" Payments Outside the FCPA's Antibribery Provisions, Call Attention to Foreign Enforcement
  March 17, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Sight-Seeing Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Lucent Fined for Financing Sight-Seeing Trips for Chinese Officials
  February 1, 2008
• International Law Advisory - Fifth Circuit Clarifies the Intent Requirements for a Criminal FCPA Conviction
  November 9, 2007
• International Law Advisory - The Kozeny Saga Continues
  October 27, 2007
• FCPA Compliance in China
  2007, 40, 137 Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2007)
• Member, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (2006–present)
• Member, Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce: Board of Governors (2000–2001); Vice-Chair, Legal Committee (2000–2001)
• American Bar Association: Section of International Law and Practice, Council Member (1996–1999), Publication Chair (1996–1999), Budget Officer (1998–1999); Council Member (2007)
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association (1989–present)