International Law & Trade.

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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