Export compliance decisions you can defend.
Export classification, export licensing and sanctions screening are where good intentions meet hard regulation. I help compliance teams and professionals build the knowledge and judgement to hold up — under audit, under pressure, across borders.
You're following EU export law. US export law can apply to the same transaction.
Many European companies don't realise US export controls can reach their business inside the EU. The moment your product is US-origin — or carries US-origin components, technology or software above de minimis thresholds — US law applies regardless of where you are.
EU dual-use & sanctions
Classification against EU Regulation 2021/821, catch-all controls and sanctions screening across the bloc — the baseline every European exporter owns.
National & UK controls
Military lists, national licensing and post-Brexit UK strategic export controls — the layer EU regulation doesn't reach.
US extraterritorial reach
EAR re-export rules, ITAR, US-origin content and de minimis thresholds — why US law lands on companies that have never touched American soil.
This cross-border reality runs through everything I teach. See how the Academy covers all three →
Built for the people who own the decision.
Whether you're learning the framework from scratch or sharpening judgement you already have, the goal is the same: the confidence to make export decisions you can stand behind.
Export Compliance Academy
A structured programme that takes you from second-guessing every classification to a repeatable, defensible method — the C.L.E.A.R. framework.
1:1 Coaching
Personal coaching for compliance professionals who want to build judgement faster — we work through the framework, the boundary calls and the decisions that keep you up at night, one to one.
Guides & tools
Practical self-paced resources — the dual-use guide, classification workbook and the free Confidence Check — to put the framework to work the moment you need it.
The C.L.E.A.R. framework
Five steps that turn a vague obligation into a documented, defensible decision. It is the spine of every Academy module.
Classify
Pin the item to the right control list entry — and know why it is not the adjacent one.
Legislate
Map the regimes in scope: EU dual-use, national lists, US reach.
Evaluate
Test end-use, end-user and destination against catch-all triggers.
Act
Choose the licence, exception or stop — and execute it correctly.
Regulate
Document, monitor and keep the decision audit-ready over time.
How solid is your export compliance knowledge, really?
Take the Export Compliance Confidence Check and get an honest read on what you know cold — and where the gaps are, before a real classification call finds them for you.
