Nicole Janigian Simonian

Nicole Janigian Simonian is the co-chair of the firm’s International Trade practice and International Employment and Global Mobility Lead, with a focus on the firm’s Asia practice. Nicole’s practice covers a range of international compliance and regulatory issues, including cross border transactions, international trade, global mobility and employment, global supply chains and data privacy and cybersecurity as applicable to employee data, including training local employees in China and throughout Asia with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

She has been a strategic advisor to private equity and portfolio companies spanning a number of industries, including aerospace, personal care, semiconductors (assembly and testing), food and beverage, medical devices, retail, apparel and textiles, advertising, outsourcing services, nonprofit organizations, and universities.

In addition to the Crowell leadership roles mentioned above, Nicole is a member of the firm’s Retail Task Force, Investigations Practice, Firm Life Committee and Global Reach Committee. She is also an advocate for diversity, having served as a member of Crowell’s Women’s Leadership Initiative in years past.

With years of experience leading International Trade and Asia practices at Crowell and her prior firm, Nicole has a passion for international policy issues and serving the community. She is the co-Founder and host of Global Trade Talks, a podcast that shares brief perspectives on key global issues on international trade, current events, business, law and public policy as they impact our lives. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Chair of the Chamber’s Global Initiative Council, and a member of the Chamber’s World Trade Week Committee. She is also a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, an international affairs organization focused on public policy issues impacting the West Coast. Nicole is a former board member of Inner City Law Center, active in the Armenian American community and her children’s school committees.

Nicole has been recognized by a number of organizations including: Los Angeles Business Journal: 40 in their 40’s list of influential business owners and executives in the Los Angeles business community, Latinvex: Latin America's Top 100 Female Lawyers; Los Angeles Business Journal: LA500 list of the most influential people in Los Angeles, Los Angeles magazine: Southern California’s Rising Stars and the Armenian Bar Association: 20 Rising Stars Under 40.