International Law & Trade.
Borders are where business gets complicated — tariffs, treaties, sanctions and customs, all moving at once. We keep goods, capital and contracts flowing across jurisdictions and step in early when a shipment, a license or a counterparty becomes a problem, working beside our corporate and arbitration colleagues.
Overview
Trade disputes are won in the paperwork long before they reach a tribunal. Classification, valuation, rules of origin, the small print in a sales contract — the details that decide whether a shipment clears or sits bonded are the details we manage first. You will know your exposure, your options and the cost of each path, in plain words.
Export controls and sanctions, customs audits and tariff engineering, trade-remedy proceedings and the contracts of sale underneath them. We advise importers, exporters, manufacturers and the banks and carriers that move their goods.
From our Chicago and London headquarters we coordinate with associated counsel in Singapore, so a contract signed in one time zone is enforceable in the next — one instruction, one team, no relay race of opinions.

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A tariff reclassification saved us a seven-figure cost line — found by this team and missed by everyone before them.Import client survey, 2025
Sanctions advice we could act on the same week we asked for it.General counsel survey, 2025
Recent work
Matters we're proud of
Tariff classification challenge won for a national food importer
Licensing path cleared for dual-use equipment exports
Anti-dumping duties reduced on appeal for a steel distributor
Subsidy-compliance framework built for a government task force
Latest articles and knowledge
Export controls after the latest entity list update
Incoterms in practice: who pays when it goes wrong
Trade without borders, counsel without gaps
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