Export controls and economic sanctions increasingly affect day-to-day business operations across the globe. No company with cross-border operations or even a multinational work force is immune from their application or can afford to ignore these laws. In recent years, controls over the export of goods, technology, and services now represent a core and extremely complex area of corporate compliance whether your client is involved in import/export activity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing agreements, distribution contracts, or banking and finance transactions.
Since the first edition of International Guide to Export Controls and Economic Sanctions was published in 2014, export control laws have undergone profound change and the scope of international economic sanctions laws has expanded to affect virtually every industry in every corner of the World. Years in the making, the second edition of this handbook greatly expands the scope of the first edition. It provides an overview of this challenging and dynamic body of law in the U.S., twenty-three other countries and the EU. International Guide to Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Second Edition, will be a valuable resource to both seasoned and novice counsel and compliance professionals alike, providing a thorough and practical guide in identifying the myriad issues, navigating the rules, and managing client legal and compliance risks in export controls and economic sanctions law.
Douglas N. Jacobson is the founding partner of the Washington, DC-based international trade law firm of Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC. Doug has over 30 years of experience representing a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S. companies on compliance with U.S. and multilateral regimes governing the export of dual-use items, software, technology, defense articles, and humanitarian products. He also represents companies and individuals in enforcement actions brought by BIS, DDTC, and OFAC. Doug is an adjunct professor of sanctions and export control law at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, DC. Doug is ranked in the Chambers and Partners’ Global and USA guides as a leading export controls and sanctions attorney. He is also listed in Who’s Who Legal as a leading international trade attorney. Doug received a BA in government from the University of Texas at Austin and a juris doctorate from the Washington College of Law, where he was an editor of the American University Law Review. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Kay C. Georgi has more than 33 years of experience advising clients on all aspects of international trade, with particular capability in the areas of export control and sanctions, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and import (customs) matters. Ranked as one of the leading “International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions” lawyers by Chambers USA and Chambers Global, and as a leading international trade practitioner by Legal 500 and Expert Guides, Kay served two three-year terms as co-chair of the ABA Export Controls & Economic Sanctions Committee. Kay has been a lead auditor in International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) audits conducted pursuant to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) of the U.S. Department of State consent agreement/ directed disclosures and served as an expert witness in international arbitrations. She attended Cornell University for her undergraduate and law school studies, earning her BA with distinction in Classics and archeology and her JD summa cum laude with a concentration in international legal affairs. Kay is fluent in Italian and lives in Washington, DC.
Paul M. Lalonde is the leader of the National Regulatory Practice Group at Dentons Canada LLP. He has over 30 years of experience in international trade law, including import/export controls, international sanctions, anti-dumping and countervail, customs, trade and investment treaty disputes, and international anticorruption law. Paul has been recognized as a leading practitioner in international trade and procurement law by several directories, including Lexpert, Chambers, Legal 500, Legal Post, World’s Leading Lawyers (Legal Media Group), Who’s Who of Public Procurement Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal Canada. He has held numerous leadership positions in the ABA Section of International Law, the International Bar Association, and the Canadian Bar Association, and is past chair and president of Transparency International Canada. He is called to the Bars of Québec (1990) and Ontario (1992) and is fluently bilingual in English and French. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada.
