Carrie Kroll's practice focuses on a wide range of international trade issues at Venable, including advising companies on compliance with import and export control laws and regulations before numerous regulatory authorities, such as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), International Trade Commission, Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Ms. Kroll has experience counseling multinational companies on export controls compliance, including overall license authorization and registration needs. She has assisted clients in assessing and developing internal compliance programs, including compliance training on U.S. export and import laws. She has also worked on voluntary disclosures and has defended exporters facing investigations for alleged violations of U.S. export control laws.

Concerning import transactions, Ms. Kroll has worked on disclosures to U.S. Customs  and has defended clients during detentions, forfeitures, seizures, investigations and related matters, such as ruling requests and protests, as well as compliance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulations (e.g. Lacey Act and CITES). She has assisted companies navigating preferential trade programs and U.S. Customs assessments (e.g. ISA and C-TPAT).

Ms. Kroll has advised multinational companies in the transportation and logistics sectors; avionic, high technology, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food and retail industries; as well as trade associations, on international transactional matters and conducting trade activities overseas. She regularly provides guidance regarding compliance with the anti-bribery provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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