Counsel Senior Associate – Export Controls Attorney (Washington, DC)

An Am Law 100 law firm is seeking an experienced Counsel or Senior Associate-level Export Controls attorney to join its International Trade practice in Washington DC.

The successful candidate will have at least five years of substantial experience including directly advising and counseling clients on U.S. export controls matters with particular emphasis on the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

This position is particularly well suited for an attorney who has developed meaningful experience serving as a day-to-day legal and regulatory advisor to companies navigating sophisticated export control requirements. Candidates should be comfortable providing practical business-oriented guidance regarding the application of U.S. export control regulations to clients operations technologies transactions and compliance obligations.

Representative Experience

Relevant experience includes:

Advising clients regarding the EAR ITAR and related export control requirements
Providing ongoing regulatory and compliance counseling on export control matters
Conducting jurisdiction and classification analyses
Advising regarding encryption emerging technologies and controlled technologies
Obtaining BIS and DDTC export licenses and analyzing available license exceptions and exemptions
Counseling non-U.S. companies regarding the extraterritorial impact and application of U.S. export controls
Conducting or supervising restricted-party screening and export-control due diligence
Preparing DDTC registrations and related regulatory filings
Developing risk-based international trade and export-control compliance programs
Developing and providing export-control compliance training
Advising and representing clients in connection with voluntary self-disclosures
Conducting export-control diligence in connection with M&A transactions
Performing internal investigations and compliance audits involving potential export-control issues
Responding to regulatory inquiries requests for information and subpoenas

Experience involving EU and/or UK export controls economic sanctions outbound investment regulation or CFIUS matters is helpful but not required.

Qualifications

Candidates must have:

5 years of relevant legal experience
Significant experience directly counseling clients on U.S. export controls matters
Substantial working knowledge of the EAR and ITAR
Strong legal research analytical drafting and communication skills
Excellent academic credentials
Membership in the District of Columbia Bar or eligibility for immediate waiver into the DC Bar

Candidates may be considered at the Senior Associate or Counsel level depending upon experience and qualifications.

Portable client business is not required.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced export controls attorney to join a sophisticated International Trade practice and continue developing a senior-level regulatory counseling practice within a growing and busy international law firm.