Claire Yi is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s International Trade and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.

Claire advises clients on U.S. economic sanctions, export controls, import restrictions, and national security reviews of foreign investment. She has experience in strengthening trade compliance programs, assessing civil and criminal enforcement risks, and advocating before the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).  She represents clients across a wide range of economic sectors, including financial services, energy, technology, telecommunications, medical and biotechnology, and investment.

Claire received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where she was an Articles Editor for Harvard International Law Journal. Claire graduated from Wellesley College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, with Honors in Peace and Justice Studies. Prior to attending law school, Claire was a Legal Assistant for a global law firm in New York City.

She is fluent in Korean and proficient in French. Claire is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the State of New York.