INTERNATIONAL TRADE

The Curtis International Trade practice provides clients with practical, cost-effective solutions to the global trade, international investment, market access and export control issues that have become increasingly critical to business operations. Our clients include government entities as well as domestic and international companies in an array of industries, including food products, consumer products, chemicals, energy and other commodities, and money service businesses.  Attorneys in our International Trade practice provide counsel in matters arising before, during and after an international trade transaction.

The range of services provided by the group includes:

Global Trade and Market Access

• Strategic planning and advice on the application of free trade agreements, including WTO agreements, NAFTA and multiple regional and bilateral trade agreements
  
  
• Representation before local/foreign authorities on market access issues and trade barriers
  
  
• Planning, negotiation and enforcement of international sales and trade contracts
  
  
• Representation in antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard actions
  
  
• Representation in administrative and judicial litigation for the release of seized products
  
  
• Legal advice on Customs import procedures, rules of origin and product classification
  
  
• Filing Voluntary Self Disclosures and penalty mitigation representation before Customs
  
  
• Advice relating to compliance with import product standards, including application of sanitary and phitosanitary, labeling, FDA, ATF and consumer product safety regulations
  
  
• Advice on the sale of foreign goods to the U.S. government under the Federal Acquisition Regulations System (FAR)
  
  
• Assist clients in the planning and authorization of international investments, including filing voluntary notices for approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
  
  

Export Controls

• Application and advice on export controls laws and regulation compliance, including Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and economic sanctions and embargoes regulations applied by the Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC)
  
  
• Submitting export license applications, commodity jurisdiction requests and export classification requests
  
  
• Develop export compliance manuals tailored to a company's needs and procedures
  
  
• Filing voluntary disclosures before the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)
  
  

The practice—comprised of expert, former government and veteran commercial attorneys—is based in the Washington, D.C. and New York offices but is active worldwide, and has particular experience in trade matters involving the United States and Latin America.