In an increasingly complex international political and economic environment, export control and sanctions have become an important part of compliance work for Chinese and foreign enterprises
By virtue of our integrated global resources and rich practical experience, our legal professionals based in China, US and other overseas offices are ready to provide professional legal assistance in the area of export control and sanctions, to protect and maximize the legitimate rights and interests of our clients.
We have advised numerous well-known Stated-owned enterprises and large private and listed companies in the fields of US export control and economic sanctions, including providing of emergency response plans and establishing compliance systems.
Our practice covers
- Providing emergency legal services, including but not limited to dealing with crises such as being included in an export control or economic sanctions list, being investigated or held accountable, and assisting enterprises in applying for removal from such list;
- Assisting enterprises in conducting compliance due diligence involving export control and economic sanctions to improve internal risk control systems and business processes;
- Assisting enterprises in formulating compliance guidelines for export control and economic sanctions, establishing a sound export compliance program (ECP), tailor-making instrumental forms practical for export control compliance management, and drafting example compliance clauses;
- Providing constructive suggestions on daily import/export business, assisting enterprises in assessing export control and economic sanctions compliance risks in major investment and financing transactions and import/export trade activities, so as to identify and reduce enterprises’ exposure to export control and economic sanction risks;
- Assisting and supporting enterprises in response to investigations involving US export control and economic sanctions;
- Assisting enterprises subject to US export control and economic sanctions in communicating and negotiating with relevant U.S. authorities to lift restrictions or minimize losses of enterprises;
- Assisting enterprises in seeking legal remedies against U.S. penalty rulings, with the assistance of KWM international offices and local lawyers;
- Advising enterprises on compliance with applicable export control and sanction laws and regulations of China, the European Union, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and other non-U.S. countries or regions.
