Whether moving goods from one country to another, importing goods into the United States, or selling products abroad, crossing borders can be challenging in today’s global marketplace. Having experienced assistance to help ensure your transactions are executed efficiently is critical.
Ice Miller’s multi-practice team is well-positioned to advise on all aspects of importing and exporting, as well as the shifting, complex—and sometimes daunting—business aspects of international commerce, fortified by the broad and deep resources of our national platform. Our lawyers represent clients on import and export matters in federal courts and before administrative and regulatory agencies, bringing to bear deep experience with the full gamut of relevant agencies and administrative bodies, including:
- Department of Commerce
- Trade Enforcement and Compliance
- Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security
- Department of Defense
- Defense Technology Security Administration
- Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
- Department of Justice
- Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Anti-Boycott and Anti-Corruption
- Department of State
- Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (enforces International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR))
- Department of Treasury
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- Office of Foreign Assets Control
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- U.S. Trade Representative
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit & United States Court of International Trade
We help clients establish compliance programs for international sales and transactions to maintain internal compliance with customs, export controls, and sanctions laws. Representative clients include large multinational commodity producers and multinational importers to small business importers of individual retail items.
We have many years of experience with the following trade regulatory proceedings:
- Antidumping (AD)
- Countervailing Duty (CVD)
- Section 201 Investigations – Global Safeguard Cases
- Section 232 Investigations – National Security Investigations
- Section 301 Investigations – Violations of Trade Agreements
- Section 332 Investigations – General Fact-Finding Investigations
- Suspension Agreements
- Administrative Reviews of AD and CVD Investigations
- Sunset Reviews of AD/CVD Orders
- Product Entry and Classification
- Foreign Trade Zone Approval
- Customs Rulings
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Review
- Circumvention Investigations
- Bilateral and Multilateral Dispute Panels
