Christine M. Streatfeild

Christine M. Streatfeild

Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Christine Streatfeild is a Partner in the Washington DC Office and on the Steering Committee for the North America Trade Secrets Practice. She focuses on trade remedies and unfair competition cases, including forced labor investigations, antidumping and countervailing duty cases, safeguard measures, duties imposed for national security purposes (Section 232 duties), and Section 337 intellectual property and trade secrets disputes. She appears before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), US Department of Commerce (DOC), and in state and federal courts. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Christine served as the acting deputy director of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and in the Environment and Natural Resources division of the Office of the United States Trade Representative. She has also served as an adjunct professor at the Krieger School, Johns Hopkins University, where she taught Global Trade, Policy and Competition. She is also on the 2021 USMCA Dispute Settlement Panels Roster (on behalf of the United States), a position she has held since 2019 (under the NAFTA). Christine focuses her practice on matters related to trade regulatory and intellectual property matters, including economic injury and damages, import duty compliance, and unfair competition allegations.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Represented a Brazilian aircraft designer in a trade secret dispute involving a development agreement. 
  • Represented a leading shredder manufacturer in a trade secret dispute before the International Trade Commission.
  • Represented a multinational consumer electronics company before the International Trade Commission.
  • Represented a manufacturer of industrial products before the Department of Commerce and in a NAFTA Article 1904 Binational Panel arbitration.
  • Represented a handset device manufacturer in an ICDR international arbitration involving an intellectual property license.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Bar Association - International Law and Litigation Sections
  • Women's Bar Association - Member
  • National Association of Women Lawyers - Member
  • District of Columbia Bar - International Arbitration Section

Admissions

  • District of Columbia~United States (2012)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit~United States (2011)
  • New York~United States (2010)
  • U.S. Court of International Trade~United States (2010)

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. International Economic and Business Law, Distinction) (2010)
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT) (J.D.) (2009)
  • University of Michigan (B.A.) (2004)

Languages

  • English

Publications 

Author, "Opening a GATE to Reduce Global Emissions: Getting Over and Into the WTO," 44(5) Journal of the World Trade, October 2010

Author, "Challenging By the Rules of the Game: Certainty Through Procedural Harmonisation of Challenges," 13(3) Int’l Arb. L. Rev., September 2010

Author, "A Call for Material Girls: Securing Property Rights for Women in Developing Countries," 94(2) Women Lawyers Journal, Fall 2009

Speaking Engagements

Guest lecturer, "The Dragon’s Forays into Africa: The Surge of Sino-African Trade and Investment Ties and Its Policy Implications," Trapca Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, November 2010

Guest lecturer, "International Trade and Development: Promises and Pitfalls," Cornell 6th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Ithaca, New York, Cornell Law School, April 2010

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