Practice Areas & Industries: Roetzel & Andress, A Legal Professional Association

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Our International Trade attorneys provide a vast array of services related to trade disputes, export controls, customs laws and intellectual property law, as well as advising our clients in international business transactions, internet and on-line transactions, and negotiating and drafting international commercial documents and agreements.

Our attorneys understand the intricacies of advisory, compliance and enforcement issues related to export controls, sanctions programs, and licensing issues governed by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.  Our attorneys represent clients in complex customs matters and investigations involving classification, valuation, country of origin marking, quota, substantial transformation, and drawback issues.

Our trade litigation experience ranges from anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases to § 337 cases and challenges to trade agreements and international embargos.  Our International Trade attorneys also assist companies navigate the insolvency/bankruptcy laws, as well as litigate the enforcement of contracts and assist in the collection of accounts due from companies sited in the United States.  Our attorneys have significant experience arbitrating on UDRP domain name matters.

Our attorneys have extensive experience prosecuting patents, trademarks and copyrights in the United States and around the world; assisting U.S. businesses enforce their intellectual property rights abroad; and assisting foreign entities enforce their intellectual property rights in the United States. 

Our International Trade attorneys represent clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies in trade litigation and complex customs matters to small and mid-size businesses in international investment and acquisition deals and day-to-day export licensing and import advisory services.  Our attorneys have extensive experience in matters dealing with various regulatory bodies, agencies and courts, including the International Trade Commission, the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the World Trade Organization and the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Services Available

TRADE LITIGATION

• Antidumping
• Countervailing duty
• Section 337
• Constitutional challenges to trade laws and agreements

EXPORT COUNSELING AND COMPLIANCE

• Licensing
• Sanctions programs
• Advisory Services
• Regulatory Compliance
• Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (EAA, EAR)
• Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (Targeted Sanctions)
• Department of State, Bureau of Political Military Affairs (AECA, ITAR)

CUSTOMS COUNSELING AND COMPLIANCE

• Advisory Services
• Regulatory Compliance
• Classification
• Valuation
• Country of Origin Marking
• Substantial Transformation
• Drawback
• Quota

GENERAL COUNSELING AND COMPLIANCE

• Business process outsourcing
• Cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
• Establishment of foreign operations
• Foreign arbitration and mediation
• Foreign trade zones, export regulations, counterfeiting, customs benefits, and tax incentives
• Global IT systems procurement and implementation
• Governmental relations
• Immigration
• Intellectual property - patent/trademark prosecution and enforcement
• International trade documentation, shipping, and logistics
• Strategic alliances and joint ventures
• Technology transfers and commercialization agreements
• FTZ Operations
• Anti-boycott Compliance

TRADE POLICY AND TRADE AGREEMENTS

• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Columbia, Peru and South Korea

Representative Matters

• Advised client of use of Section 337 and International Trade Commission to block unfair imports from the Far East.
• Represented importers in litigation against Russian trading company in a case stemming from the former Soviet Union.
• Represented Turkish manufacturers in major litigation concerning importation of firearms.
• Assisted in establishing three companies in Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) in China.
• Lead Counsel for transactions to provide telecommunication services with embargoed countries in the Middle East, pursuant to U.S. State Department regulations.
• Represented several firearms manufacturers and importers in general export licensing and compliance services.
• Represent foreign tobacco product manufacturers and importer on customs, and regulatory requirements related to the importation and sale of tobacco products.
• Provided export license advice for exports to Libya, Syria and Dubai.
• Represent multinational corporation in antidumping case against China on valves.