Carrie Kroll's practice focuses on a wide range of International Trade and Customs issues at Venable. Ms. Kroll regularly assists in advising companies on their 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, U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of State, and Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, as well as Exon-Florio, Helms-Burton and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters.

Ms. Kroll has worked on import transactions such as disclosures to Customs and defending clients during Detentions, Forfeitures, Seizures, civil and criminal investigations, and other Customs-related matters, such as Ruling Requests and Protests.

Additionally, Ms. Kroll has had experience counseling companies on compliance with export controls regulated by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, State and Treasury. She assists companies in their registration and license authorization needs for exports, re-exports and deemed exports. She has also worked on defending exporters facing civil and criminal investigations for alleged violations of U.S. export control laws and embargoes.

Ms. Kroll has assisted in advising clients on International Transactional matters as well, such as strategic sourcing and consulting arrangements in the U.S and abroad and the use of foreign agents; as well as compliance with the anti-bribery provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  She has assisted in guiding clients with advice on various preferential trade programs (e.g., GSP, AGOA, ADTPEA), as well as multilateral trade agreements (e.g., NAFTA and DR-CAFTA) and bilateral trade agreements (e.g., U.S.-Chile FTAs).