Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Steptoe LLP is an international law firm founded in 1913. The firm has more than 500 lawyers and staff in offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. In over 110 years of practice, the firm has represented clients before government agencies, in court cases and arbitration, and in business deals.

The firm gives legal advice where business, regulation, policy, and courts meet. It helps clients with complex rules, enforcement actions, and business problems in many industries and countries. Its lawyers handle matters that involve legal, political, and business issues at the same time.

Steptoe focuses on Investigations, White Collar Defense and Compliance, Intellectual Property, and International Trade, Compliance and Investment. The investigations group works on anti corruption, anti money laundering, securities enforcement, white collar defense, fraud, internal investigations, and monitorships. The intellectual property group handles patent litigation and prosecution, post grant proceedings, trademark counseling and enforcement, trade secrets, copyright, and Section 337 cases.

The international trade group helps with export controls, economic sanctions, customs, anti boycott rules, EU trade, investor state arbitration, national security reviews, cross border deals, and supply chain issues. The firm also advises on business and human rights.

The firm advises on new business topics such as artificial intelligence governance, crisis management, cryptography rules and trade controls, and ESG, climate and sustainability. It also runs a Global Strategic Engagement Team and a Sports Integrity Team.

Steptoe works in regional markets including Japan, Latin America, and South Korea. The firm has been recognized in major legal guides. Steptoe earned high rankings in The Legal 500 United States 2026 and Chambers USA 2026.

Steptoe offers webinars, seminars, and virtual events on legal topics. The firm publishes blogs and articles on subjects including global trade, antitrust, investigations, and compliance.

Services

• Investigations, White Collar and Compliance
• Intellectual Property
• International Trade and Compliance
• Artificial Intelligence Governance
• Crisis Management
• ESG and Sustainability
• Securities Enforcement
• Patent Litigation
• Export Controls
• Economic Sanctions