Renee A. Latour focuses her practice on international trade regulation with an emphasis on compliance with U.S. export controls and economic sanctions. Renee assists clients on matters related to international trade that arise under the jurisdiction of various U.S. governmental agencies, including the Departments of Commerce, State, Treasury, and Defense. She advises on U.S. export control laws, anti-boycott laws and special sanctions maintained by the U.S. Government against various countries including Iran, Cuba and Sudan.
Renee also assists clients with matters relating to issues arising under the anti-bribery and record-keeping provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the OECD Convention and the United Nations (UN) Convention Against Corruption. Additionally, she assists clients in designing and implementing internal compliance policies and procedures and conducting cross-border export and sanctions regulatory due diligence, particularly in the context of mergers and acquisitions. Renee also counsels on the Exon-Florio provisions of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and assists clients in mitigating foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) under the applicable national industrial security regulations.
