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Section Chair - International Trade (Firmwide) Partner
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Matthew West focuses on international transactions, U.S. regulation of international trade and investment and global trade policy. He assists clients with all aspects of export controls and economic sanctions, U.S. Antiboycott Regulations, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Exon-Florio (CFIUS) proceedings and customs issues. Mr. West has worked extensively with clients on compliance systems planning in these areas.
Mr. West has represented clients in civil and criminal enforcement proceedings brought by the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, Justice, State and the Treasury. He has also represented clients in antidumping and other trade relief actions and related import matters involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Mr. West has worked with clients in a variety of industries, including aircraft, automotive, chemicals, consumer food products, defense, encryption, petroleum and related services, shipping, steel and telecommunications to help provide solutions to trade issues involving countries and areas such as China, India, Korea (North and South), Latin America, the Middle East and states of the former Soviet Union.
Additionally, Mr. West has experience working with governments and private businesses in southern Africa. He has worked in Malawi for the U.S. Department of State, authoring reports on banking, investment, taxation and the criminal court system. He has also been involved with educational research initiatives in Zimbabwe.
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On July 23, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the entry into a $1,400,301.40 settlement with Payoneer, Inc. (“Payoneer”), a global provider of online payment distribution solutions headquartered in New York, for over 2,200 apparent violations of multiple U.S. sanctions programs.
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On April 19, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the entry into a $435,003 settlement with Alliance Steel, Inc. (“Alliance”), a fully integrated manufacturer of metal building systems, structural steel, and components headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for 61 apparent violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (“ITSR”), mainly resulting from the Company’s lack of understanding as to the application of U.S. sanctions laws to its isolated international activity.
On March 29, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced that it will begin seizing imports of certain disposable gloves manufactured by Top Glove Corp. Bhd. (“Top Glove”), the world’s leading producer of disposable rubber gloves based in Malaysia, upon determining that sufficient evidence exists to support a finding that Top Glove is manufacturing the products with the use of convict, forced, or indentured labor.1
On March 19, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced the entry into a $122,000 settlement with Comtech XiCom Technology, Inc. (“Comtech XiCom”), a leading supplier of high power amplifiers for satellite communications based in Santa Clara, CA, for three apparent violations of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), caused by Comtech XiCom’s mistaken belief that certain exports could be made without BIS license or authorization.
On March 16, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the entry into a $216,464 settlement with UniControl, Inc. (“UniControl”), a process controls and instrumentation manufacturer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, for 21 apparent violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (“ITSR”), mostly resulting from UniControl’s failure to address several warning signs that shipments may be intended specifically for supply, transshipment, or reexport to Iran.(1)
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