Denver Export Control Attorney in Colorado

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.

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 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.