Export Controls
The movement of goods between jurisdictions is increasingly subject to financial and trade restrictions imposed by the United Nations, the European Union, the United States, and other jurisdictions.
We provide expert advice on matters relating to trade regulation and export controls, guiding clients through an often complex framework of rules. We have particular experience in:
- advising on the impact of EU, UK and U.S. trade sanctions
- conducting export controls due diligence reviews and investigations
- developing trade compliance policies and procedures
- advising on dual-use restrictions
- analysing and mitigating trade-related risks in M&A transactions
- undertaking voluntary investigations in compliance with trade restrictions
- advising on contractual arrangements in relation to sanctions and export controls
- carrying out due diligence in the supply chain
- supporting applications for licences/exemptions
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Publications: 20 January 2022
The European Parliament’s wish list on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
On 21 December 2021, the European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (the Committee) published its Draft Report on the proposal for a Regulation of the…
Publications: 04 January 2022
New opportunities for the development of a low carbon hydrogen economy in Poland
Publications: 24 December 2021
Counting Carbon: The European Commission’s vision on carbon removals
As 2021 draws to a close, the European Commission (EC) has been busy. On 15 December 2021, it adopted several new documents in relation to environmental protection in the widest sense.
Publications: 23 June 2021
Dual-use items: new EU regulation tightens export rules
The European Union (EU) has created a new regulation for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items.
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