Sidley’s export controls lawyers have recently:
- Successfully settled a civil enforcement proceeding against one of the world’s largest distributors of electronic components and computers relating to unauthorized exports to Russia.
- Conducted internal audits of export control and sanctions compliance for a global manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment, a multinational pharmaceutical company, and a financial services firm.
- Conducted an internal investigation of exports and re-exports by an EU company in connection with a grand jury investigation in the U.S. and related civil investigations by Homeland Security, Commerce and the NCIS, including letters rogatory and interviews under the Hague Convention.
- Successfully defended company in civil enforcement case involving shipments of U.S.-origin products to Syria.
- Successfully settled a civil enforcement proceeding against an oilfield services company relating to compliance with export license conditions affecting controlled equipment sent to China. The matter had been investigated by the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Commerce.
- Conducted internal investigations for several multinational companies involving transactions under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq.
- Conducted an internal investigation of a global manufacturer of medical devices and filed voluntary disclosures with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
- Successfully settled a civil enforcement proceeding against a large Japanese trading company in connection with violations of U.S. antiboycott laws and regulations.
- Conducted an internal compliance review of eight companies acquired by one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electrical distribution and industrial control equipment.
- Advised a global semiconductor manufacturer of encryption products controlled under the Wassenaar Arrangement, including management of local counsel in six countries handling licensing for the same.
- Provided ongoing advice on the day-to-day, transaction-specific interpretation and application of each of the principal export control regimes to numerous clients.