U.S. manufacturers are increasingly finding the customers for their goods and services overseas and, in so doing, are encountering the multi-faceted system of export controls in place in the United States. Even U.S. companies that have only domestic customers may be exporting technical data, under the deemed export rule, if controlled technical data is available to its foreign employees in the United States.

Attorneys at Powell Goldstein in this practice area are skilled at handling all issues that arise when sensitive technology or technical data is exported. We routinely handle matters dealing with exports of items on the United States Munitions List and the Department of Commerce Commodity Control List, as well as export of items to sanctioned countries such as Iraq, Iran and Cuba. This includes conducting due diligence audits of export control compliance, assisting clients in implementing compliance programs, licensing, drafting technical assistance agreements and manufacturing license agreements and performing voluntary disclosures of prior unlicensed exports.

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Representative Matters:

• Successfully concluded voluntary disclosures by an electronics company of unlicensed export of military electronics without imposition of penalties on the company
• Obtained expedited export licenses for military equipment destined for use in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan
• Represented the French aerospace industry in the export of two Hawkeye aircraft to France
• Obtained approvals from the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Department of Commerce and from the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Department of Treasury to export a wide variety of civilian products, such as medical devices and agricultural products, to Cuba, Iraq and Iran