ArentFox Schiff Attorney Contributes to International Guide on Export Controls, Economic Sanctions

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Partner Kay Georgi served as a contributing editor to the second edition of the International Guide to Export Controls and Economic Sanctions.

Published by the American Bar Association (ABA), the International Guide to Export Controls and Economic Sanctions is a guide for counsel and compliance professionals that offers an expanded and comprehensive scope of international laws for the United States, the European Union, and 23 additional countries, such as Australia, Brazil, China, Israel, Mexico, Singapore and Thailand. The guide discusses a variety of issues, including navigating the rules and managing client legal and compliance risks in export controls and economic sanctions law. In addition, each country chapter explains the country’s controls on encryption products and technology.  

Kay, who has been continuously ranked as one of the nation’s leading International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions lawyers by Chambers USA, and as a leading international trade practitioner by Legal 500 and Expert Guides, is known for helping her clients comprehend, comply with, and weather the investigation storms associated with the complicated set of US laws and regulations governing US exports and non-US re-exports of goods, software, services, and technology.

Kay regularly represents clients before the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce, the DDTC of the US Department of State, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of Treasury. She also has experience advising clients on issues involving trade agreements, including World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.

Copies are available for purchase through the ABA here.

The ABA International Law Section will host a book launch and signing party at ArentFox Schiff’s Washington, DC office on July 12. RSVP here.

Learn more about ArentFox Schiff’s National Security industry team and International Trade & Investment practice.

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