Joanna Anyanwu

Joanna Anyanwu is an associate located in the Firm's Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on international trade, including customs, sanctions and export controls. She has experience advising clients on compliance with US sanctions and export controls laws and regulations administered by the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Joanna also has experience conducting trade due diligence in transactional matters. Additionally, Joanna has experience assisting clients on customs matters, including in relation to forced labor issues, and obtaining favorable binding rulings from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in relation to classifications, country of origin determinations, prior disclosures, and penalty mitigation.

Joanna is actively involved in pro-bono initiatives at the Firm, including wrongful conviction, post-conviction relief, and prisoner's rights litigation. Joanna is also involved in the Africa Interest Group and Business & Human Rights Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance Group at the Firm.

In law school, Joanna served as a student-attorney in the Immigration and Refugee Clinic and the Prison Legal Assistance Project. Prior to law school, Joanna was a fellow in the US Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and in the US Department of State's Bureau of Conflict & Stabilization Operations.