Enabling International Trade

We help you navigate the complexities of global commerce with confidence, clarity and compliance.

At Cobden Law, we draw our name and inspiration from the original champion of free trade, Richard Cobden. Our mission is to facilitate global trade by helping clients succeed at an international level, from structuring single cross border transactions, to providing comprehensive business advice through fractional General Counsel, independent Director and outside Compliance Officer services.

We believe in and advocate for open markets and ethical business practices as a means to empower growth and prosperity across industries and nations.

Services

International Trade Transactions

    • Sales and Purchases

    • Affreightment and Storage

    • Distribution and Offtakes

    • Payment Structuring

      • Guarantees

      • Bills of Exchange

    • Sanctions, export controls and anti-boycott

    • Rules of Origin Classification, and Valuation

    • U.S. Customs rules and protests

    • Free Trade Agreements

    • Maritime

    • Antitrust

    • Intellectual Property

    • Antidumping and Countervailing Duty law

    • Employment Agreements

    • Consultancy Agreements

    • Agency Agreements

    • Set up of operations to avoid misclassification for employment tax purposes

    • As part of mergers and acquisitions

    • Legal and Compliance Risk Assessments

    • Verification in the implementation of import and export procedures

    • Agency and Consultancy agreements

    • Compliance policies and procedures

    • Handling cross-border commercial disputes (pre-litigation advice, arbitration strategy)

    • Advising on international arbitration clauses and disputes venues description

    • Legal, Compliance and Customs Due Diligence

Management and Compliance

    • Comprehensive, practical legal advice as outside General Counsel to the Senior Management.

    • Risk Management Support

    • Set up and operation of international Compliance Department

    • Advice for international trade operations pertaining to

      • Anti-corruption

      • Export Controls

      • Sanctions

      • Anti-money Laundering

      • Anti-boycott

      • Anti-trust

      • Document Fraud

    • Code of Conduct and Global Trade Compliance Manual

    • Risk Assessments

    • Record Retention Policies and Systems

    • Hotline/Internal Reporting Mechanism

    • Privacy

    • Incident Response

    • Planning Third-party Onboarding System

    • Voluntary Self-disclosures

    • Compliance Training

    • Independent Board Director with strong background on international business operations and risk

    • Corporate Secretary and Corporate Board operation advice in multinational settings

Trade Policy
Support

    • Monitoring legislative/regulatory changes affecting global trade

    • Developing and drafting position papers

    • Drafting comment for filing during new laws and rules comment periods

    • Connecting businesses with key contacts to advocate for action or policy changes

    • In trade association meetings or public consultations