International Trade

In today’s complex global economy, successfully navigating evolving policies and regulations can determine business success or failure. Fluet’s International Trade Practice uniquely sits at the intersection of the defense, intelligence, and security sectors and international commerce and provides practical guidance as well as creative solutions to U.S. companies conducting business abroad and foreign entities investing in the U.S. market.

Fluet lawyers are adept at both structuring and negotiating international transactions and managing the regulatory risks that are unique to global operations, all while leveraging a deep understanding of U.S. foreign policy and U.S. national security interests. Collectively, our International Trade team has worked in over 40 countries to help clients export billions of dollars of highly complex military hardware and services to some of the most challenging and regulated jurisdictions in the world. The practice advises on all aspects of corporate and deal structuring, including financing, brokering, local partner or presence requirements, sell-off, payments and delivery, and logistics and vendor support, all while formulating and implementing strategies to support timely regulatory approvals from stakeholders across the U.S. Government.

Defense contractors, innovators, entrepreneurs, private equity firms, venture capital firms, and foreign investors look to Fluet to grow their businesses, manage their risk, and simplify complex problems with global dimensions.