Irwin P. Altschuler returned to global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in its International Trade Practice based in the Washington, D.C., office.
Altschuler rejoins the firm after three years with Mexico-based steel company DEACERO. While at DEACERO, Altschuler helped launch and grow the company’s Washington, D.C. corporate affairs office. Prior to joining DEACERO as senior advisor for international affairs, Altschuler had been with Greenberg Traurig for 16 years and served as chair of the International Trade Practice, with a significant portion of that time focused on the trade and policy issues related to the United States and Mexico.
Altschuler arrives at the firm just one week after Guillermo Sánchez Chao joined Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office as an international trade shareholder. Sánchez Chao focuses his practice on international trade, customs, supply chain, and administrative litigation.
“The addition of Irwin and Guillermo demonstrates a significant strategic investment in expanding our already formidable international trade capabilities in the United States and Mexico markets,” said Ernest LaMont Greer, co-president of Greenberg Traurig and chairman of the Washington, D.C., office.
During his tenure at DEACERO, Altschuler counseled the company on legal, regulatory, and political matters, guiding them through a critical period of change in the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship, spurred in part by the ratification of the USMCA. His broad practice focuses on trade remedies litigation and enforcement proceedings, and he has extensive experience in representing clients in a wide variety of matters related to trade policy and business issues, including matters related to nearshoring in Mexico. Altschuler’s experience also extends to representations in South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.
“Irwin’s extensive experience guiding Mexican, U.S., and other global companies through complex trade and policy issues will provide immediate benefit to our clients,” said Kara M. Bombach, chair of the Washington, D.C., International Trade Practice. “Coupled with the unique insights he brings from his time in-house, we are thrilled to have Irwin back.”
Altschuler also served on behalf of DEACERO’s chairman as a participant in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Mexico CEO Dialogue. The CEO Dialogue is a forum for high-level interaction between business and public officials from the United States and Mexico and includes companies that are committing resources and investing in both markets to advocate for the bilateral trade relationship.
“I am thrilled to rejoin this firm whose high standards of client service, culture of collegiality, and commitment to empowering its attorneys are second-to-none,” Altschuler said. “I look forward to reconnecting with old colleagues and meeting new ones as we help our clients navigate the expanding bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico.”