Sally Peng

Focus on export controls, sanctions, trade and tariff, global supply chain optimization and compliance. Sally has extensive experience advising public-listed companies on their complex encryption programs under US and Hong Kong laws. She also advises several China-based clients regarding US sanctions regulations and has performed on-site impact analysis. In addition, she works closely with her clients’ legal, procurement and logistics teams to build best-in-class Export Control and Sanction compliance programs. Her industry coverage includes banks, telecommunications, national defense contractors, heavy machinery, and research universities. Sally has been a trusted advisor for many MNCs on their international trade and customs issues. She served as team leader for several global retailers in large-scale tariff saving projects in over ten Asian countries. She also assisted multiple Asia-based companies in defending antidumping and countervailing cases with US Department of Commerce and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). During the on-going US-China trade war, Sally is sought after by her clients to advise them on mitigating strategies against US section 301 and 232 retaliation tariffs, free trade agreements, trade preference programmes and country of origin issues. Her industry coverage includes apparel, footwear, handbag & leather goods, hardline goods and consumer electronics. Sally takes her passion for international trade beyond individual companies, having participated in negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), as well as serving as a key member on numerous trade missions, including to Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and various African countries. She is also highly involved in the AmCham HK, as Vice Chair for the Board, Co-Chair of the Apparel, Footwear & Supply Chain Committee. She is also a Senior Advisor to the Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles.

-Co-chair of China Business Committee, 2022-present -Ex Co-chair of Apparel, Footwear & Supply Chain Committee 2016-2021

My practice is focused on export control, international trade and customs law, trade remedy law, and supply chain structuring and compliance. Prior to joining ST&R, I was a summer associate at a Chinese law firm in Beijing where I assisted in representing clients in WTO dispute cases, EU anti-dumping proceedings, and Comment Submission to U.S. agencies.