ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Legal track #1 | Session 5 - Global Procurement vs. Local Regulations: A Legal Tug-of-War in International Trade
DATE & TIME
LOCATION
🗓️ Thursday, August 28
🕐 10:00-11:00 EDT
📍 Waldorf Astoria
DESCRIPTION
Advising clients with an international supply chain and customer base is teamwork. Juggling frameworks that restrict both the import and export of goods requires multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Whether it is international trade laws with the rise of sanctions in the western hemisphere, or requirements for approval/nationalization before a product can enter a new market, the end of globalization has made international trade more complex. When the customer is a government agency, public procurement and related laws can increase burdens and obstacles.
This session will examine the challenges of complying with different regulatory frameworks and how law firms, clients and public authorities can successfully work together for mutual benefit. In light of recent global trade disruptions, understanding these dynamics and passing on the lessons learned to best handle future challenges is essential. Join experts from the Public Procurement and T.R.A.D.E. Commissions to explore strategies for effectively managing cross-border trade.
SPEAKERS
Alexandra Barbee-Garrett
Crowell & Moring LLP, USA
Alexandra Barbee-Garrett is a counsel in Crowell & Moring LLP’s Washington, D.C. office, where she practices in the Government Contracts Group. Alex helps companies navigate the complex requirements around doing business with the U.S. government, with a particular focus on government contracts and grants compliance issues, supply chain, government ethics, and lobbying laws. Her practice spans a broad range of counseling, investigatory, and litigation matters.
Fabian Koch
CORE Attorneys, Switzerland
Fabian Koch is a partner at CORE Attorneys in Switzerland, a leading boutique law firm specialized in competition law, public procurement law, regulatory matters and distribution law. He has extensive experience with all matters concerning public procurement, particularly in contentious cases, and supports both contracting authorities and bidders.
Fabio Stefani
Dupont Spiller Fadanelli Advogados, Brazil
Partner at Dupont Spiller Fadanelli Advogados in Brazil. Bachelor of Laws from the University of Caxias do Sul, with a compact LLM in Business Law from UNISINOS, MBA in International Negotiation and Taxation from INEJE / FBT, postgraduate in Public and Private International Law and Integration Law, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with several complementary courses and programs, including: Training Cycle – OEA 2021 – AEO Academy, in progress; Developing Negotiation Skills Program of the Don Cabral Foundation; Le Fonti Antiche Del Diritto, from the institution Esperienza d’Arte Cultura e Storia; Training in Negotiation for Lawyers and Executives, with Coach Diego Faleck; Course Challenges and Opportunities of Advocacy in Mediation, with instructor Marcelo Girade Côrrea; Member of Group Study Exchange – North Carolina, USA, promoted by Rotary International; Private International Law Program, at The Hague Academy of International Law; University Extension International Contracts, from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS, Business English Program, at Pacific Gateway International College; University Extension of Commercial Law – University of Caxias do Sul; University Extension in Business Law and Legal Issues; University Extension in Commercial Law, at the University of Caxias do Sul.
SESSION COORDINATORS AND MODERATORS
Christopher Wolters
BLOMSTEIN, Germany
Christopher Wolters is a specialist in public procurement law, foreign trade law, and all legal aspects of national security. Christopher is admitted to practice law in Germany. He is President of the Public Procurement Law Commission within AIJA.
Benjamin Schwartz
Norris McLaughlin, USA
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