Sanctions compliance
Advice on Australia's United Nations and autonomous sanctions, screening counterparties against the Consolidated List, and applications to the Australian Sanctions Office. The Office does not give legal advice. We do.
Hamilton Bailey Advisory
International Trade Advisory for Corporations
Australian legal advice for companies that trade, invest, supply or acquire across borders. Sanctions, export controls, foreign investment screening, and the contracts that have to survive all three.
The practice
Trade work that belongs with a solicitor, not a consultancy slogan
Corporations call this work international trade advisory. In practice it is a set of Australian legal problems: whether a counterparty is designated for sanctions, whether software or a device needs a Defence export permit, whether an acquisition must be notified to the Treasurer, and how those risks sit in the contract. Hamilton Bailey advises the company. We do not sell political-risk reports, kidnap response, or reputation campaigns.
Export controls and dual-use goods
Defence Export Controls permits, Defence and Strategic Goods List classification, and the AUKUS licence-free environment for transfers among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Foreign investment screening
FIRB notifications, national-security issues, conditions, and post-approval compliance for inbound investment into Australian companies, land, data and infrastructure.
Cross-border contracts
Supply, distribution, licensing and joint-venture terms that allocate sanctions, export-control, customs and change-of-control risk between corporate parties.
Trade remedies and customs
Intake and coordination on anti-dumping, countervailing and customs questions, including Anti-Dumping Commission processes and on-site verification.
Corporate investigations counsel
Privilege-wrapped instructions where a board needs to establish the facts of a suspected sanctions, fraud or corruption issue, including briefing forensic accountants.
What we do not do
Clear limits protect clients as much as the firm. If the matter needs another kind of adviser, we say so and coordinate.
- Public international law advice to the Commonwealth, including WTO disputes for Australia.
- Lobbying of Parliament as a regular service, unless the firm is registered to do so.
- Kidnap, extortion, close protection or intelligence operations.
- Media buying, crisis public relations, or reputation management as a product.
- Covert asset tracing or private-inquiry work except through licensed investigators we instruct.
How an engagement runs
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Scoping consultation
Confirm the transaction, the jurisdictions, and whether the work is Australian legal advice.
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Written engagement
Costs agreement, conflicts check, and a defined scope before substantive work begins.
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Advice and filings
Sanctions, export-control or FIRB work as required, with specialist counsel where the file leaves Australian law.
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Client workspace
Existing clients receive a Client Reference Number, password and PIN for this private site.
Questions
Do you advise Australian Government departments on international trade?
This practice advises corporations. Commonwealth departments generally buy legal services through the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel or the Australian Government Solicitor. Public international law work for the Commonwealth is largely reserved to government lawyers.
Is this a crisis-management or investigations firm?
No. Hamilton Bailey is a law firm. We provide legal advice and, where needed, instruct specialist security, forensic or communications firms. We do not conduct kidnap response, close protection, covert surveillance or media campaigns.
Who is this service for?
Australian companies, inbound investors, exporters, importers, medtech and technology businesses, and corporate groups with cross-border counterparties, supply chains or investors.
How do existing clients sign in?
Existing clients receive a Client Reference Number, a password and a PIN from the firm. Those three details open the private workspace on this site.