Services and Solutions

PINNACLE offers a number of distinct services to support clients in the area of global trade compliance. Our services allow our clients to gain greater control over their compliance processes, harness efficiencies, and reduce costs.

PINNACLE will work with you to find solutions that are tailored to your company's unique needs. PINNACLE is committed to ensuring that your company maintains compliance with global trade controls, without disruptions to your supply chain or business operations abroad.

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Licensing Assistance and Support

PINNACLE monitors export control legislation around the world on an ongoing basis and advises companies on licensing requirements in these jurisdictions. We will examine specific transactions and advise whether a license or other authorization is required. If government authorization is necessary, we will guide your firm through the maze of regulatory requirements. We will prepare and submit your license applications as well as any supporting documentation required by the national government.

We will communicate and liaise with government officials to solve your company's issues. PINNACLE works with policy-makers and licensing authorities outside of the United States, and can provide first-hand insight into how specific transactions may be interpreted by the national authorities. In addition to determining licensing requirements and preparing and filing license applications, we assist clients with obtaining registration approval and meeting any mandated reporting requirements. We also provide our clients with guidance on voluntary self-disclosures (where available) and the license appeal process.

Contact us to learn more about our licensing assistance and support services.

Product Classification

PINNACLE has first-hand experience classifying goods and technologies in numerous countries. Classification nomenclature varies around the world and most countries do not utilize the Export Control Classification Numbers or ECCNs that are predominant in the U.S. and EU export control systems. Instead, other countries tend to utilize derivatives of the Harmonized Tariff System Code System or employ wholly-unique coding systems, such is the case in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Israel, and Mexico. PINNACLE will ensure that your products are properly classified in these jurisdictions and are not subject to unnecessary restrictions or obligations. PINNACLE is also prepared to classify your products across multiple classification schemes - allowing your company to identify variations in technical description and thresholds of control that exist in the different locations where your company has operations.

Trade Compliance Training

PINNACLE offers training for your management, trade compliance personnel, and other employees on a variety of export control and trade compliance topics. Our curriculum is custom-tailored to meet the needs and circumstances of your organization as well as any local export control requirements. PINNACLE training activities are interactive and provide attendees with practical exercises that are intended to reinforce curriculum concepts and stimulate participation and dialogue.

Internal Compliance Program (ICP) Development and Enhancement

Does your company have an effective and comprehensive ICP? Has your company's ICP been adapted for your operations abroad?

If not, PINNACLE is here to help! PINNACLE has expertise and experience in the design, enhancement, and implementation of Internal Compliance Programs.

PINNACLE specializes in ICP "localization". By relying a U.S.-centric ICP, your company may be implementing measures that are either overly restrictive or too lax in other jurisdictions. As such, your company's ICP should be "localized" to meet the unique legal-regulatory requirements present in a particular country. PINNACLE is intimately familiar with the ICP and export control requirements that exist elsewhere in the world, and we will help to amend and refine your existing ICP so that it meets local requirements and affords your company all of the potential benefits available under that country's trade control system.

ICP Audits

Whether your company is preparing for a compliance audit by the U.S. or other national government authorities or you simply want to ensure that you have a comprehensive and effective internal compliance program, PINNACLE will conduct a detailed review and audit of your ICP to identify your program’s strengths and weaknesses. PINNACLE will provide detailed recommendations designed to keep your company compliant and minimize the impact to your business operations.

University and Research Support Services

Academics and researchers face unique compliance challenges. Research related to certain academic disciplines can raise proliferation concerns and technology transfers within universities and research institutions can be subject to stringent export control requirements. If you are part of a university or research institution that deals in controlled technology or information, PINNACLE can help you to navigate any regulatory requirements you may encounter in the course of your research and assist you in establishing a technology control plan that can minimize the possibility for unauthorized transfers of controlled technology to foreign citizens or institutions.

PINNACLE will work with your company to create wholly-customized compliance strategies and solutions that complement your existing compliance policies and procedures and fit seamlessly into your current business processes. No matter the trade compliance obstacle or issue, PINNACLE can devise a results-oriented solution that will move your business forward!