Basics of Export Controls 2022 | Practising Law Institute (PLI) | 5 December 2022 | Virtual Event

In an age of fast-evolving geopolitical relations and security challenges, the rules of international trade are affecting U.S. and multinational corporations, financial institutions, investors and even governments as never before. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), and the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), each play an important role in administering and enforcing the intricate web of export controls and sanctions restrictions governing trade in U.S. products and technologies, the trade-related activities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies all around the world, and the financial transactions that make such trade possible.

Understanding the potential scope and applicability of these various laws and regulations to global business operations is increasingly important as the rules continue to become more complex and in an era of heightened agency enforcement and enhanced penalties. Such an understanding is an essential foundation for developing an effective global trade compliance program.

2022 Speakers

Benjamin J. Cote
Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Joshua N. Williams
Associate, Covington & Burling LLP