Sequoia Legal is a Denver export control law firm that has extensive experience in export licensing and understands the nuances of U.S. export laws, including compliance, export restrictions, and export controls. Our Colorado export compliance lawyers assist with economic sanctions and other national security issues.
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The United States maintains export control regulations to advance critical national security, foreign policy, and economic objectives. Failure to comply with U.S. sanctions and export administration regulations (EAR) can result in serious consequences, including hefty civil fines, withdrawal of permission to export products altogether, and even jail time for responsible parties.
Now, more than ever, competent legal assistance is an absolute must if you are in any way involved in international trade transactions. Our Denver export control attorneys at Sequoia Legal can advise you of U.S. sanctions programs. Our export legal assistance covers compliance and reporting obligations set forth by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), as well as export controls stipulated by the Office of Antiboycott Compliance. We also assist clients with their export control compliance programs for commercial applications of their products.
Our role as sanctions lawyers in Colorado is to help you and your company by obtaining the proper permits and licenses, managing relationships with regulators, and defending you against compliance issues in criminal and civil courts. Finally, our legal team can help you with investigations, due diligence, export licensing, interpretation of regulations, and negotiation of settlements.
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Our Denver export compliance law firm has extensive experience with export administration regulations and international trade and can assist clients with developing export control compliance programs. We ensure each client follows appropriate export control compliance and foreign trade regulations for their industry, and our clients hail from nearly every industry sector.
Furthermore, our economic sanctions lawyers may also help you provide voluntary disclosures and notice to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) or other entities. We routinely represent clients relating to regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Directorate of Defense and Trade Controls (DDTC).
We provide guidance to ensure compliance with Department of Commerce regulations regarding licensing, classification of commodities, licensing exceptions, proliferation concerns, and encryption of technical data. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) regulations also include foreign direct product rules and military end-use restrictions, which we can help you navigate. Regulations can change according to current foreign policy, so it’s critical to have a legal team up-to-date with the latest requirements for export compliance matters and export transactions.
The Department of State DDTC and ITAR govern much of the defense trade controls for international trade, and your compliance with their regulations will depend on the products you plan to sell to a particular foreign country. We help clients understand export control laws for registration, licensing, brokering, commodity jurisdiction, Part 130 compliance, and classification of commodities. We can also help your company develop export compliance programs to help comply with export restrictions and avoid penalties.
Our export control compliance attorneys advise both U.S. and non-U.S. clients on banking and international trade compliance and how embargoes and economic sanctions may affect their business. These economic sanctions are administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) against foreign companies or persons, regions, countries, states, or other entities. We provide strategic advice, help with compliance, and can negotiate enforcement actions or penalties. We also provide advisory opinion results, internal investigations, and delisting.
We regularly counsel clients on the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments' reporting obligations and substantive proscriptions in regard to anti-boycott compliance. These export restrictions prevent companies from participating in federally unsanctioned boycotts. Our services include designing a compliance program to avoid participating in boycotts, training employees, and conducting independent internal investigations to ensure that you are compliant with the Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC). Our legal team also defends clients against the IRS and the OAC for noncompliance issues.
Your company may require a compliance program or technology control plans to conduct international trade per U.S. export control and sanctions requirements. We can help you understand export compliance matters for your goods and services, build the proper protocols to follow the law, and can help you conduct compliance audits as regulations change.
We can evaluate a prospective export transaction to anticipate and surmount any obstacles that may present themselves. We can design alternatives, seek appropriate authorizations, and take advantage of any applicable exceptions. You may be subject to complex licensing requirements, but we can help you complete and submit license and agreement applications. We can also help you prepare OFAC license renewal or addendums, as well as identify any general authorizations you may need for trade.
We help determine the proper classification of all goods, services, and technical data as per the Commerce Control List (CCL) or the U.S. Munitions List (USML). We can help prepare commodity jurisdiction and commodity classification requests to verify the correct Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCN). When applicable, we can also ensure your trade is compliant with defense trade controls.
We can conduct risk assessments and audits to determine the specific economic sanctions and export controls that are most likely to affect your company. In the course of due diligence, you can avoid a government investigation by conducting a risk assessment and internal audit of your unique situation, including how certain economic sanctions regulations and foreign assets control may pose a risk to your business. We help you strengthen your existing compliance protocols and conduct ongoing monitoring of your programs.
You can avoid violations by implementing compliance programs and offering voluntary self-disclosures to the appropriate government agencies. We offer advice on export controls and economic policies pertaining to international trade, and we vigorously represent clients in any investigation conducted by the FBI, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department. In the event of an investigation, we can conduct due diligence and help your company supply voluntary and mandatory disclosures to reduce the impact of any violations that might be uncovered.
We help companies mitigate economic sanctions or export controls risk when merging with a foreign company or being part of an acquisition. This includes preparing legal documents and technical assistance agreements for joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, or IPOs. We'll scrutinize contracts to ensure no violations of U.S. export controls, antiboycott regulations, or current economic sanctions.
We'll help you complete due diligence and analyze your company to determine whether voluntary disclosures are necessary. We advise on the pros and cons of voluntary disclosures for your situation and prepare and submit your disclosure reports promptly. Our lawyers also respond to government queries on your behalf and engage in any necessary settlement negotiations.
Our export control attorneys have extensive experience in helping companies navigate the regulatory maze of U.S. export controls, resolving issues such as:
Our economic sanctions lawyers provide a variety of services depending on your needs. Some of our legal representative matters and export control matters include counseling clients on issues such as:
We also help small companies negotiate acquisitions by foreign purchasers, which may require working in compliance with the Patriot Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as well as advising the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) of your intent to transfer ownership and control to foreign persons.
Furthermore, our economic sanctions lawyers may also help you provide voluntary disclosures and notice to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) or other entities. We routinely represent clients relating to regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Directorate of Defense and Trade Controls (DDTC).
Schedule an online appointment today to learn more about how our law firm helps to negotiate the regulations for export controls and economic sanctions. We can help represent you in a government investigation or avoid one altogether!
Sequoia Legal represents clients across a wide range of industries, so we understand that each company will have unique needs for export administration regulations (EAR) compliance.
Export control and compliance are more likely to be an issue in some industries than in others. Manufacturers, distributors, retailers, technology companies, service providers, and foreign suppliers are particularly likely to run into issues, especially to the extent that their activities are related to dual-use items.
We serve clients operating in the following industries, among others:
Our export control compliance lawyers also have extensive experience in the technology and encryption sector. We also stay current on U.S. foreign assets control and commodity jurisdiction matters.
We advise clients on U.S. sanctions programs and U.S. export control laws, including:
We help you understand economic sanctions and foreign investment so that you can plan your business growth.
Each field has unique challenges when it comes to economic sanctions, regulations, and oversight by various federal agencies. Our export control lawyers enjoy extensive experience working with US government agencies such as the Commerce Department, the State Department, US Customs and Border Protection, etc.
We offer versatile skills, including auditing, compliance procedures, due diligence, trade analysis, penalty negotiation, and mitigation, litigation, and more.
We offer a customized approach, not “cookie-cutter” solutions. No two cases are alike, and no two clients are alike. We offer practical solutions and guidance to help our clients manage complex international trade compliance obligations.
Federal export regulations and economic sanctions are so complex that you need a certain amount of knowledge even to determine whether or not you have a problem. We can advise you, help you navigate foreign assets, control minefields before a violation occurs, represent you in a government investigation, and advocate on your behalf. Contact the export control lawyers Sequoia Legal today at (303) 476-2851 or schedule a consultation online.
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An export control license is written permission from the US federal government to execute a specific export transaction. This license includes the transfer of information and technology to non-US persons, including foreign persons or companies.
Potentially, any product made in the US or that incorporates US-made content can be subject to export controls regulations or international traffic in arms regulations. This includes products (including software) or defense industry goods and technical data with military or space applications, including “dual use” (both commercial and military uses) items. Regulations also govern re-export and the transfer of technology to foreign individuals within the US.
Requirements are extensive. They include proper classification, documentation, licensing, and end-use monitoring. Several US government agencies have enacted comprehensive regulations covering export controls.
The penalties for export control violations depend on the prosecuting agency. For example, the DDTC, OFAC, and BIS may overlap and assess a penalty for a certain part of a single incident. Penalties can include up to 10 years in prison and up to $1 million in fines.
