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2024 Global Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference

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In keeping with tradition, we are pleased to invite you to our annual Global Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference. The conference will provide valuable insights on the latest developments, challenges and opportunities in the ever-changing landscape of international trade.

We are holding this conference in a split-hybrid format, with an in-person event in Santa Clara, CA, on November 12 and virtual panels on November 19-21.

In-Person Event l November 12

Join us for a crucial fireside chat post-US presidential election on “Navigating the Future of US-China Commercial Relations” featuring Kyle Sullivan, Vice President, Business Advisory Services, US-China Business Council (USCBC).

The fireside chat will be followed by two panels, one exploring evolving trade-related risks and mitigations in M&A transactions, including in-house perspectives on due diligence tips, implications of the proposed outbound investment regime and more, and the second involving a discussion around escalating global sanctions enforcement and investigations, including geopolitical drivers behind increasing cyberattacks, tackling product diversion risks and handling cross-border investigations.

Virtual Panels l November 19-21

In addition to the in-person panel morning event on November 12, we will host virtual sessions on Tuesday, November 19, Wednesday, November 20 and Thursday, November 21, comprised of three substantive sessions each day at 8:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm PT featuring speakers from all corners of our Global Trade Team. 

Gain valuable insights from our international trade compliance lawyers from around the world as we delve into critical topics shaping the future of trade, including sanctions, export controls, import and customs compliance, trade remedies, enforcement mechanisms and more.

Visit our events page for more information and to register!

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Mr. McKenzie's practice is focused on cross-border transactions and international trade regulation, including: Export Controls, Economic Sanctions Regulation, Customs and Import Regulation Integrated Corporate Compliance and Anti-Corruption Compliance: Advisory and Investigations International commercial and technology development and transfer transactions Mr. McKenzie was articles editor at the Harvard Law Review from 1975-1976. Between college and law school Mr. McKenzie served in the Peace Corps in the northwestern mountains of Guatemala. He joined Baker & McKenzie in 1976. Since that time, he has worked in Baker & McKenzie offices in Caracas, Venezuela and Taipei, Taiwan, in addition to San Francisco. For the past 40 years, Mr. McKenzie has arranged and chaired the annual Baker McKenzie Import/Export Conference, the leading international trade regulation and compliance conference in the West Coast of the United States.

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Alison Stafford Powell co-leads the Firm's West Coast Trade Compliance team. She has considerable experience counseling US and non-US companies on managing trade compliance in the areas of export controls, trade and financial sanctions and US anti-boycott laws. As a dual-qualified lawyer, she provides practical advice to help non-US companies reconcile US and foreign trade regulations and on the extra-territorial impact of US trade restrictions. Chambers USA quotes clients' praise for her being "extremely knowledgeable, responsive, commercially strong and understanding complex issues well." Legal 500 describes here as an "outstanding specialist." She has worked in the Firm's London, Washington, DC and Palo Alto offices since 1996.

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