Adam Smith served in the Obama Administration as the Director for Multilateral Affairs on the National Security Council and as Senior Advisor to the Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the agency that designs, implements and enforces U.S. sanctions. Adam travelled to more than 50 countries to meet with corporate and government officials to talk about sanctions, compliance, and risks. As a primary architect of the U.S. sanctions on Iran and Russia, Adam negotiated the implementation of parallel sanctions by the European Union, Canada and Australia, and designed sanctions relief strategies in the context of the Iran nuclear agreement. At Gibson Dunn, Adam has worked with some of the largest companies in the world regarding complying with sanctions, engaging regulators, and responding to government inquiries.