Trade Controls Enforcement

Covington represents leading global companies in the most challenging and sensitive trade controls enforcement matters. Our Trade Controls Enforcement Practice Group regularly handles criminal cases, civil enforcement actions, internal investigations, and voluntary disclosures involving sanctions and export controls.

Companies are facing an unprecedented increase in trade controls enforcement by the U.S. government. Investigations are proliferating, penalties are increasing exponentially, regulatory restrictions are tightening, and government officials are promising even more corporate enforcement in the future. Congress is taking a keen interest in investigating corporate trade controls compliance, while the UK government also is increasing its sanctions and export controls investigatory activity. As a result, companies operating internationally must navigate greater sanctions and export controls enforcement risk than ever before.

We guide our clients through the most difficult and complex trade controls cases with an unmatched combination of market-leading experience, legal acumen, and strategic judgment.

Drawing on our renowned trade controls experts, preeminent white collar defense attorneys, former high-level U.S. government officials, experienced congressional investigations experts, and seasoned teams on the ground in China, the United Kingdom, and around the globe, we handle the thorniest matters in this rapidly expanding area of enforcement.