Import & Export - Alcohol Beverages & Products

Representative Import & Export Experience

Assist an international joint venture of spirits producers in establishing brokering operations in U.S. duty-free markets.
Counsel international alcohol beverage companies on the logistical and tax benefits of using foreign trade zones to receive and re-export alcohol beverage products for delivery in foreign markets.
Instruct wine importers on new U.S. certification standards for imported wines, and the trade and regulatory implications of the U.S./EU bilateral wine treaty.
Successfully represent several distillers and brewers before TTB after audits led to threatened tax assessments arising from record-keeping requirements for the export of alcohol beverage products.
Act as a testifying expert in an international arbitration involving breach of contract claims arising from a U.S. importer’s duties to secure government approvals on behalf of a foreign manufacturer.
Successfully obtain refunds for harbor maintenance taxes paid by a global alcohol beverage company on the grounds that such taxes on exports violate the Export Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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