Sarah L. Pongrace

Sarah Pongrace is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Gibson Dunn’s International Trade and Litigation practice groups. She advises clients on compliance with economic sanctions, export controls, foreign investment reviews, and anti-boycotting regulations. Sarah has experience advising companies across a wide range of sectors including aerospace, banking and financial institutions, energy, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, maritime shipping, retail, telecommunications, and travel. She has helped secure licenses and approvals, filed voluntary self-disclosures, responded to administrative subpoenas, conducted internal investigations, and works with clients to improve their trade compliance programs. She also regularly conducts due diligence reviews of corporate transactions from an international trade perspective.

Sarah received her Juris Doctor in 2020 from Harvard Law School, where she served as a Staff Editor of the Journal on Legislation and as a member of the Research Committee for the Women’s Law Association. During law school, she served as an intern for the Peace Corps Office of the General Counsel and worked as a research assistant on topics related to constitutional law, corporate accountability, and educational equal rights protections. Sarah is fluent in French and conversant in Italian. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
• International Trade
• National Security
• Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
• Securities Enforcement
• Tech and Innovation
• White Collar Defense and Investigations

Credentials

Education:

• Harvard University - 2020 Juris Doctor
• Boston College - 2016 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar