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Crowell & Moring LLP

Crowell & Moring LLP

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United States • International trade and national security

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Customs, export controls and economic sanctions

Crowell & Moring LLP offers a comprehensive range of services across customs, export controls and economic sanctions mandates. Core components of the firm’s stand-out customs offering include tariff compliance and mitigation, investigations and audits, and the representation of clients before CBP. John Brew and Los Angeles-based David Stepp together offer a wealth of experience handling customs work. Co-head of international trade group David (Dj) Wolff focuses on economic sanctions, as does Caroline Brown and Carlton Greene, who co-chairs the financial services group and assists financial institutions. These practitioners demonstrate capabilities across day-to-day compliance advice, developing compliance programs, and responding to inquiries and investigations.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Practice group has a true global footprint that can provide counsel on legal issues in virtually all jurisdictions. The team also is very business oriented and takes the time to understand our commercial environment and provide practical counsel. ’

  • ‘John Brew makes himself immediately available day or night. John is a relationship builder who engages my team more like an additional colleague as opposed to an external service provider. ’

  • ‘The team is excellent in terms of their communications with our clients and our firm. they produce timely, cost effective, quality legal advice. They are ahead of developments which assist our firm and our clients in strategizing their development initiatives for the years ahead.'

  • ‘High skill and high value. They are a great partner to us for assistance in areas where they are expert.’

  • ‘David Wolff is excellent. He is very responsive and gets you to the right resource quickly.’

  • ‘Crowell & Moring’s practice stands out for the way it combines first-rate legal craftsmanship with a deep, practical understanding of how clients actually operate. The firm is known for bringing together subject-matter expertise and strategic judgment, allowing teams to move quickly from analysis to execution without losing rigor.'

Key clients

  • FGV Holdings Berhad
  • Nutricia North America, Inc.
  • Invenergy
  • Virgil Griffith
  • Dana Corporation
  • TDK U.S.A. Corporation
  • Ripple Labs, Inc.

Work highlights

Representing FGV Holdings Berhad, the Malaysian-based global agribusiness/food company and major palm oil producer, before U.S.Customs and Border Protection in connection with the Withhold Release Order import ban of its products into the U.S. due to allegations of forced labor.
Represented a group of professors and politicians in filing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs challenging the recent tariffs in the Court of International Trade, the Northern District of California, and the DC District Court, with two of these cases resulting in the finding that tariffs imposed by President Trump pursuant to IEEPA were unlawful.
Acted on behalf of a well-known developer of the Ethereum cryptocurrency, successfully obtaining a significant sentence reduction under a retroactive amendment to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (USSC) from 63 months to 56 months, a reduction of over 10%.
Other key lawyers

David Wolff; John Brew; David Stepp; Carlton Greene; Caroline Brown; Nicole Simonian