BakerHostetler’s international trade and national security group is particularly active on behalf of clients in the infrastructure, natural resources, technology, manufacturing, and aerospace and defense sectors. The full-spectrum department houses standalone offerings in both customs law and export controls and sanctions, where it advises on the full chain of regulatory compliance, investigations and enforcement actions. Trade co-head Melissa Mannino is recommended for her broad national security practice that spans export controls, foreign investment and economic sanctions work—she is a former Chief of Enforcement and Litigation at the Office of Chief Counsel for Industry and Security (OCC-IS). Other key contacts for export controls and sanctions include Barbara Linney, who is qualified in the US, Canada and the UK; and Houston-based aerospace and defense specialist Lana Muranovic. On the customs front, trade co-head Michael S. Snarr is a key contact, along with Houston’s Matthew Caligur. Named attorneys are based in Washington DC unless stated otherwise.

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Key clients

NOA Brands America
C-Port International
Resolute Forest Products
Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec
Pentair Filtration Solutions
Component Hardware Group
The Orvis Company
Oatey Company
Anchor Tool & Die Company
Audio Technica U.S. Inc.
Kulkoni Inc.
Monument Chemical
BOMAG
Fi-Foil Company

Work highlights

Advising Resolute on a range of customs and international trade issues.
Representing numerous US importers who have joined the fight to challenge, before the US Court of International Trade, the US Trade Representative’s imposition of Section 301 duties on imports from China.
Advising Pentair Filtration Solutions on a range of customs issues, including Buy American Act country of origin compliance questions, application of China Section 301 tariffs, and China Section 301 duty litigation.