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Chandri Navarro
Work Department
International Commercial
Position
Chandri Navarro is senior counsel in the Firm’s International Commercial & Trade Practice Group, based in Washington DC. Chandri has extensive experience advising companies, multinationals, trade associations and governments on customs and trade law and policy, trade compliance matters, free trade negotiations, litigation and legislation. Chandri helps clients resolve trade issues before US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of the US Trade Representative, Department of Commerce (DOC), US Congress and the Court of International Trade. Chandri joined Baker McKenzie after leading the US Customs practice as a partner in another global law firm.
Career
Chandri advises clients on complex customs and trade issues in the United States and numerous countries, before foreign trade and customs agencies, routinely guiding clients through problem identification, risk evaluation and efficient resolution strategies. Chandri’s advisory services include tariff classification, customs valuation, country of origin determination and labeling, trade preference programs, free trade agreements and comprehensive trade compliance strategies. She also works closely with clients in developing and enhancing forced labor compliance programs, conducting risk assessments and mock audits, as well as in responding to forced labor enforcement actions, including Requests for Information and detentions.
Drawing from her tenure as a US State Department Security-Cleared Industry Adviser during the NAFTA negotiations, Chandri has experience in assisting companies and both US and foreign trade associations in navigating the intricate policy issues in trade negotiations including the nuances of rules of origin, tariff phase-out schedules and accumulation provisions in trade agreements.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Memberships
- Customs of International Trade Bar Association Board of Directors – Member, Co-Chair, Environmental, Labor & Human Rights Committee and Former Co-Chair Customs Committee
- Georgetown University International Trade Conference Board Member
- Hispanic National Bar Association – Member
- International Law Section of the American Bar Association – Member
- Phillips Academy-Andover Alumni Society of Washington, DC Member
- Washington International Trade Association – Member
- Women in International Trade – Member
Lawyer Rankings
United States > International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Forming a key part of its wider global trade compliance practice, Baker McKenzie LLP’s US trade group finds favor for its ‘inter-office collaboration’, which sources say brings ‘valuable insights and solutions to clients engaging in global business operations’. This is particularly evident on the exports and economic sanctions side, where the team’s international platform marks it as a top choice to advise on overlapping multinational regulatory regimes and initiatives. Washington DC-based department co-head Janet Kim is recommended for her focus on outbound trade compliance issues, including sanctions, export control laws, investment restrictions and anti-corruption. Fellow practice co-head Alison Stafford Powell, based in Palo Alto, is a dual US- and England and Wales-qualified trade specialist; she represents clients in the full range of export controls and sanctions matters, including regulations administered by OFAC and the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Also noted for sanctions and export controls are Washington DC’s Kerry Contini; newly promoted partner Eunkyung Kim Shin, who is based in Chicago; and San Francisco-based senior counsel John McKenzie, whose broad practice spans sanctions, export controls and customs matters. The customs group also draws on Meredith DeMent, who handles the full range of customs compliance and duty mitigation strategies—she also contributes significant trade litigation expertise. In January 2024, the firm hired customs-focused senior counsel Chandri Navarro, who was formerly at Hogan Lovells US LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Project finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense