William M. Hannay regularly represents corporations and individuals in civil and criminal matters, involving federal and state antitrust law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), foreign direct investments (including Exon-Florio), antiboycott laws, and export control regulations.
Mr. Hannay has represented clients in many industries, such as:
- Industrial lift trucks
- Printing
- Steel
- Consumer goods
- Steel drums
- Disposable plastic products
- Ceramic and glass
- Pumps
- Insurance
- Health care
- Public utilities
Mr. Hannay is the past Chairman of the American Bar Association's (ABA) 14,000-member Section of International Law, was a founding member of the ABA's Asia Law Initiative Council, and was the first chairman of the ABA's Africa Law Initiative Council. He has led delegations of American Bar Association lawyers on international legal exchanges to South Africa, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Ghana, the Ivory Coast and Morocco.
He is a former Assistant District Attorney in the New York District Attorney's Office. On behalf of Schiff Hardin clients, he has conducted non-public internal investigations, and represented clients in external investigations by U.S. and foreign enforcement agencies.