Optimize Your Import Contracts for Compliance and Risk Management

Why Should You Attend:

If you are an importer, you normally have leverage with your contract partners because you are the buyer of their goods and services.

This webinar will consider the opportunities you may have to enlist the cooperation and assistance of your contract partners to satisfy your compliance requirements simply by providing for them in your contracts. It may prompt you to review your contracting practices, PO forms and purchasing procedures to make the best use of your advantages as a buyer.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Using International Shipping Terms
• The Purchase Order Form
• Terms and Conditions of Purchase
• Bill of Lading Terms and Conditions of Carriage
• Broker/Forwarder Powers of Attorney and their Terms and Conditions
• Purchasing Representation Agreements

Who Will Benefit:

• Importer Management
• Corporate Counsel and Trade Law Attorneys
• International Purchasing and Logistics Managers
• Customs Compliance Officers
• Customs Brokers
• CBP and Regulatory Personnel with responsibilities for Import Document Review
• Instructors and Professors of Trade Law and Trade Compliance

Instructor Profile:

Scott Lowden, is the author of Import Transactions and Customs Compliance, a comprehensive guide for importers and trade practitioners published in 2013. Mr. Lowden is a graduate of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut and Harvard Law School. He has served as a senior executive and head of the legal departments of four transnational companies, including two Fortune 100 companies. For ten years he was Of Counsel with a nationally known trade law firm in Dallas, Texas and he is currently practicing independently. He has spoken frequently on international topics and written articles for the Harvard International Law Review, the University of Colorado Law Review, The Business Lawyer of the American Bar Association and The Texas Lawyer on subjects ranging from international trade to techniques for the resolution of internal and external corporate conflicts.

Topic Background:

A lot of time and attention is given to policies, procedures, manuals and audit procedures for employees and representatives of importers to assure compliance with customs regulations and other legal requirements. Not nearly as much attention is given to the contracts that importers sign with their suppliers, distributors, brokers and carriers. Often these contracts are sources of compliance infractions. Yet if they are properly conceived and drafted they can substantially reduce risk and enhance compliance with the help of the importer’s contract partners.

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