Insights

Crowell & Moring ranked nationally in 21 practice areas in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” In addition, the firm was ranked in 36 metropolitan categories.

Erik Woodhouse, formerly the deputy assistant secretary for the Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions at the U.S. Department of State, has returned to Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s International Trade and Financial Services groups.  

The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Crowell & Moring one of its Leaders of Influence: Most Admired Law Firms 2024. The list recognizes the top firms to work for in Los Angeles and includes “an assortment of particularly outstanding law firms who are consciously working towards creating diverse, positive, and supportive environments to help drive the success of their attorneys.”

As part of September 25-26's American Conference Institute (ACI) Practical Forum on Advanced EAR Compliance, Jana del-Cerro will co-present a session entitled "EAR 734.99 (b) and Foreign Direct Product Rule (FDPR) and 734.4/de minimis Thresholds: How to Apply Complex Requirements in Practice and Avoid the Key Compliance Traps."

On February 15th, Simeon Yerokun will speak on the panel "Global Business Considerations." This discussion will analyze hot topics in Trade both within the U.S. and Internationally, and will include discussion of supply chain resiliency, prohibitions on forced labor, trade policy, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Aurifer Middle East and Global Legal Customs Association (GLCA) to host the GLCA Conference 2024. The conference, which is part of the programme of the GLCA Annual Meeting held in Dubai (UAE), organised under the sponsorship of Aurifer Middle East this year, will feature a hybrid (in-person and online) scientific session on February 8, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. GST.

The conference will consist of six panels covering the major developments and latest trends in the global customs and international trade landscape. The broad range of topics covered during the scientific session include EU customs reform, customs compliance in UAE free zones, international trade sanctions, and the impact of bans on UAE banks for trade with Russia. Conference attendants will also have the opportunity to hear about business experiences in relation to the use of new technologies for customs clearance, track and trace, and compliance.

Crowell and Moring Partner David Stepp will speak on the panel “International Trade Sanctions: Russian, American and European perspectives.”

In a panel moderated by Stewart H. Lapayowker, Esq. (Lapayowker Jet Counsel P.A.) and sponsored by the National Aircraft Finance Association, Crowell attorneys Caroline Brown and Jeremy Iloulian alongside Cassia Sant'Anna (Corporate Trade Compliance Officer for Embraer S.A.) will dive into Russian-related sanctions and export controls and what they mean for the due diligence process surrounding purchasing and selling aircrafts. They will address critical areas such as:

Crowell & Moring’s International Trade and Government Contracts Groups invite you to a webinar regarding the proposed ITAR AUKUS exemption with export control practitioners from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.