International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with all Export Control Reform (ECR) Changes and New Administration Priorities:
This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with a comprehensive education on complying with United States export regulations. We will review recent ECR changes and potential coming changes from a new administration and what they could mean for your compliance programs. Reform changes have relaxed the controls on some defense-related items and technology, but made understanding and complying with the regulations even more complicated. The shift of many military and space items from the ITAR to the EAR obliges exporters to learn the challenging ins and outs of the EAR. There is good news in the fact that the complex rules impose significantly fewer compliance burdens and fewer compliance-based export delays.
Expect to leave these seminars with an understanding of the rules that will allow you to minimize any delays in your exports, minimize your costs of compliance, and reduce the risk of inadvertently violating the law, giving your organization a competitive advantage and a compliance program on solid footing.
Who Should Attend?
- Export Compliance Officers
- Legal Department
- Traffic Personnel
- Customer Service Representatives
- Government Liaisons
- Trade Logistics Personnel
- Personnel from overseas companies who deal with US-based companies or that purchase US-origin products, components or technology
- Subsidiaries, affiliates and parents of US businesses
Instructors
Scott Gearity, President - ECTI, Inc.
Scott Gearity brings nearly 20 years of consulting, training, and corporate export compliance program management experience to bear for his clients.
Mr. Gearity has substantial experience in military, dual-use, and commercial export controls. His clients have ranged in size from small start-ups to some of the world’s largest companies, with a particular focus on the information technology, telecommunications, networking, and software industries.
Mr. Gearity joined ECTI from Microsoft Corporation, where he was based in Ireland and managed the company’s export compliance program for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He continues to advise many non-US companies affected by US export controls.
Mr. Gearity holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international studies and economics from American University. He is a licensed US customs broker.
Timothy P. O’Toole, Esq., Member – Miller & Chevalier
Timothy
P. O’Toole, Esq. is a member of the law firm of Miller & Chevalier
Chartered, in Washington D.C., and the co-leader of the export controls
and sanctions group. Between his time at Miller & Chevalier and his
time in government service, Mr. O’Toole has been conducting and leading
large-scale defense investigations for over 20 years. Although Mr.
O’Toole has substantial experience in all areas of white collar
practice, his main focus is on defending enforcement actions and
conducting investigations involving the economic sanctions, export
controls, and anti-money laundering laws. His clients run the gamut,
including U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions and public companies
in the aviation, insurance, logistics, manufacturing, and oil and gas
sectors. Recognized as one of the leading international trade lawyers in
the U.S. by Chambers USA, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and Global
Investigations Review, Mr. O’Toole represents companies and individuals
at all stages of the process, including defending enforcement actions
brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Treasury
Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the State
Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), and the
Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). He also
provides companies and individuals with advice on compliance with the
U.S. economic sanctions, export controls and anti-money laundering laws,
and interacts regularly with DOJ, OFAC, DDTC, and BIS in that capacity.
Mr. O’Toole has substantial experience dealing with criminal and civil
regulators, and extensive courtroom experience before judges and juries,
having appeared in state and federal courts hundreds of times in a
variety of civil and criminal proceedings.
Mr. O’Toole writes and
speaks often about white collar defense and international trade issues
at venues and media outlets around the world. He is co-chair of the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) West Coast
White Collar Crime Conference in Santa Monica and a past co-chair of the
NACDL’s White Collar Crime Committee. Mr. O’Toole also hosts the firm’s
economic sanctions and export controls podcast, “EMBARGOED!”.
Prior
to joining Miller & Chevalier, Mr. O’Toole served as the Chief of
the Special Litigation Division of the Public Defender Service for the
District of Columbia where, among other things, he managed and conducted
large-scale criminal defense investigations for matters pending in the
local and federal courts. He is a former Assistant Federal Public
Defender in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he conducted investigations and
handled matters for people under sentence of death in federal
proceedings. www.millerchevalier.com
Johanna Reeves, Founding Partner – Reeves & Dola, LLP
The
attorneys at Reeves & Dola, LLP help businesses navigate the highly
regulated and complex world of manufacturing, sales and international
trade of defense and commercial products.
Johanna Reeves is
founding partner of the Washington, DC law firm, Reeves & Dola, LLP
(www.reevesdola.com). For more than 15 years, Ms. Reeves has dedicated
her practice to advising U.S. companies on export and import matters
arising under the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations, the Export Administration Regulations, economic
sanctions and embargoes administered by the Treasury Department Office
of Foreign Assets Control, the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the National
Firearms Act of 1934.
Ms. Reeves designs and implements
compliance programs and provides training sessions on U.S. export and
defense trade controls and federal firearms laws. She also designs and
leads internal audits to assess compliance in these areas. Ms. Reeves
counsels on voluntary and directed disclosures and represents clients on
regulatory compliance and enforcement matters before the federal
government.
Since 2011, Ms. Reeves has served as Executive
Director of the FireArms Import/Export Roundtable (F.A.I.R.) Trade Group
(www.fairtradegroup.org), a national nonprofit membership organization
dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of the firearms and
ammunition import and export community. She is a current member of the
U.S. Department of State Defense Trade Advisory Group(DTAG).
Please fill in your name and email to receive the Seminar Agenda of this event.
TWO BACK-TO-BACK SEMINARS:
ITAR Export Controls
2-DAY SEMINAR - December 5-6, 2022
- Overview of US Export Controls
- ITAR Controlled Activities
- Controlled Items with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- Technical Data with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- Registration and Empowered Officials
- Exemptions with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- Licenses
- Agreements with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- Administration
- Compliance Programs
- Export Control Reform & Recent Developments
- Special ITAR Issues with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- ITAR Enforcement
EAR & OFAC Export Controls
2-DAY SEMINAR - December 7-8, 2022
- Introduction to the EAR
- Controlled Activities
- Classification with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- Technology/Software Classifications with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- No License Required (NLR) with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- License Exceptions with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- End-Use & End-User Controls with EXERCISES WORKSHOP
- License Applications
- Export Clearance
- Compliance Programs
- Export Control Reform (ECR) & Recent Developments
- Reexports: When Do US Rules Apply Outside of the US?
- US Embargo Controls
- EAR Export Enforcement
Daily Schedule:
- 8:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
- 8:30 – 12:00 PM Seminar
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 1:00 – 5:00 PM Seminar
Venue
Doubletree by Hilton Ocean Point Resort and Spa
17375 Collins Ave, 33160
North Miami Beach, FL, USA
website*The cost of accommodation is not included in the seminar tuition.
A limited block of guest rooms at the venue hotel is reserved for seminar participants. Group rate ends November 4, 2022.
Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Book early to ensure availability.
Guest room rate: $200/night (+ tax) single/double
To book your room, call the hotel at +1 786-528-2500 and mention the ECTI Group.
