ITAR Exemptions
Join us for an informative webinar on:
ITAR Exemptions & How to Use Them
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 
11:00 a.m. – noon CST
 
What is an ITAR exemption?
  • What companies may be eligible for ITAR exemptions?
  • Why would a company seek to utilize the ITAR exemption process?
 
Prerequisites for use of an exemption
  • The different countries/regions eligible for ITAR exemptions 
  • How to successfully review to determine if you are qualified for an ITAR exemption and how to apply and institute ITAR exemption
 
Declaring an exemption on export (and sometimes on import)
  • How to successfully implement ITAR exemptions on exports and imports
 
Some major exemptions:
  • Temporary imports under 123.4(a)(1)
  • Exporting technical data under 125.4(b)(9)
  • The Canadian exemption under 126.5
 
What about the United Kingdom and Australian exemptions in Part 126.16 and 126.17? How do you use those?
 
What happens if you misuse an exemption?
  • Required self-governance for companies that use ITAR exemptions
  • Potential penalties, fines and liability for companies that violate/fail to maintain ITAR exemption requirements
 
bruce leedsBruce Leeds, Senior Counsel, Braumiller Law Group
 
Bruce has decades of experience in international trade law and has successfully served his clients in diverse capacities, from classification and due diligence, to ITAR compliance and drawback. He has significant expertise with importing and exporting high tech products.
 
 
Prior to becoming an attorney, Bruce was an Import Specialist at the U.S. Customs Service in Los Angeles for seven years. During this period, he was promoted to Team Leader at LAX.  Bruce then joined Hughes Aircraft Company, where he worked in various positions related to import and export compliance. He went on to Hughes Space & Communications Company and The Boeing Company – all in export and import compliance positions. Bruce served on the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee to CBP and the Private Sector Advisory Group at the World Customs Organization. He holds a customs broker license and is a U.S. Army veteran.
 
 
 
s george alfonsoGeorge Alfonso, Of Counsel,Braumiller Law Group
 
George Alfonso has provided both individuals and businesses with his unique brand of “Concierge Counsel” through the he founded over twenty-five years ago. His focus includes complex commercial drafting and negotiation, corporate structure counsel, creditor bankruptcy representation, commercial litigation and arbitration as well as appellate representation, including oral argument before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Alfonso has also been retained as an international law expert in litigation both in the U.S. and internationally.
 
Mr. Alfonso has been Of Counsel to Braumiller Law Firm, PLLC for over half-a-decade, representing Braumiller clients regarding complex international third-party commercial contract drafting and negotiations as well as pre-litigation/pre-arbitration dispute resolution.