Customs law & Trade

TCA Attorneys is one of the leading firms assisting clients in anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations before the European Commission, the European Court of First Instance and the European Court of Justice.

TCA Attorneys offers legal assistance to companies in customs matters, including tariff classification, valuation, country of origin as well as free trade and other preferential treatment arrangements, customs procedures, customs law, trade and tax sanctions, all kinds of related investigations, disputes and related litigation; trade violation of intellectual property rights, data privacy and data protection compliance. Proceedings concerning the granting of duty-free treatment under free-trade agreements, such as the North American Free-Trade Agreement and the Generalized System of Preferences, export licensing proceedings before the US. Department of Commerce and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Treasury Department and duty savings and avoidance programs, such as drawback, temporary importation under bond, customs bonded warehouses, and foreign-trade zones are also covered.

We assist our clients in customs law litigation and any other issues related to customs law before the European Commission and the European Court of Justice as well as before the European national courts and the national customs agencies. We assist companies in penalty proceedings put forward by European Customs Agencies or other agencies for alleged violations of customs laws and regulations both on the customs law, criminal and civil sides, and we are able to take action or support sovereign States and private undertakings before the World Customs Organization.

With the recent opening of the Washington coordination business office, the Firm expanded its international presence to the benefit of clients operating in progressively integrated markets. Our goal is to assist European and non-US undertakings in better coordinating their customs and trade compliance in the US market as well as in litigation related matters.

In cooperation with local US lawyers admitted before the US jurisdiction, TCA Attorneys assists and coordinates foreign clients’ actions in proceedings under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 concerning the enforcement of U.S. rights under trade agreements and in response to foreign practices before the Office of the U.S Trade Representative, as well as in proceedings against unfairly traded imports under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (patent, copyright and trademark infringements). We also deal with proceedings related to the protection of registered copyrights and trademarks before U.S. Customs and relevant federal courts.