Tim Keeler

Timothy J. Keeler is a partner in the Government and Global Trade Group at Mayer Brown LLP. Tim previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as a senior official at the US Treasury Department, and on the international trade staff of the Senate Finance Committee.

Tim provides legal and strategic advice to clients on matters including:

• The consistency of various legal regimes – or proposed laws – with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and other international legal obligations
• Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) filings on proposed transactions of foreign investment
• International trade negotiations in the WTO and bilateral or regional fora
• WTO and other international trade agreement litigation
• International economic, political, and legal events and actions that effect businesses and investors
• The U.S. economic decision making process in the Administration and Congress
• The political climate in various countries that are pertinent to clients’ business activities
• Advocacy on behalf of clients to the U.S. government and to foreign governments

Tim is also an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Law, co-teaching a course on U.S. and WTO law, policy, and politics; is a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington International Trade Association; and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.