Jina Shin

Jina Shin is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the International Trade Group. Ms. Shin focuses her practice on a broad range of international trade and national security matters, including economic sanctions, export controls, foreign investment, industrial security and customs.

Ms. Shin advises companies on compliance with U.S. economic sanctions and export control laws, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). She represents clients before the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). She also counsels clients on a broad range of import matters before U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including tariff mitigation strategies and protest submissions.

In addition, Ms. Shin advises companies and investors on foreign investment and industrial security matters. Her experience includes supporting Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reviews through transaction due diligence, preliminary risk assessments and the preparation of notice and declaration filings. She also assists clients with facility security clearance applications and provides guidance on foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) mitigation.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Shin completed a legal internship with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Previously, she worked as a paralegal in the Washington, D.C., office of another large international law firm and handled structured finance and national security matters.

While in law school, Ms. Shin served as the online development editor and a submissions review editor for the Virginia Journal of International Law and externed as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard E. Moore of the Charlottesville Circuit Court. She participated in the International Human Rights Law Clinic, working with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and assisted in the preparation of asylum applications for Afghan refugees as part of her pro bono work. Ms. Shin also participated in the Sciences Po Human Rights Law Clinic, working with an international nonprofit organization on a matter related to the right to education.