Successful Trade Compliance: Due Diligence and Program Integration Pre and Post-Acquisition

This webinar will focus on the due diligence process required when acquiring businesses. Attendees will learn best practices for establishing their policies and practices to ensure trade compliance.

Why Should You attend:

Whether your organization is involved in a one-time acquisition or multiple acquisitions, it is imperative that it understands the compliance program of the newly acquired business and assess the liabilities that it has inherited. Companies should gain transparency and have a comprehensive understanding of their new business unit and how their processes, procedures and practices will integrate within their existing framework as well as the legal obligations assumed with the final sale.

This webinar will explore the due diligence process required when acquiring businesses. It will provide your organization with guidelines and considerations when establishing your due diligence program pre- and post-acquisitions. This session will focus primarily on best practices and will provide guidelines and checklists for establishing your policies and practices.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Establishing an Acquisition Due Diligence Program
• Pre- and Post-Acquisition Best Practices
• Post-Acquisition Challenges
• Integration Challenges

Who Will Benefit:

• Global Trade Compliance Professionals
• Inside Counsel
• Supply Chain Professionals
• Sales and Marketing

Instructor Profile:

Suzanne Bullitt, is the Sr. Manager, Export Strategy & Compliance for Walmart of Bentonville, AR. Ms. Bullitt is an accomplished Trade Compliance professional with over 19 years experience in import and export compliance and logistics. She has extensive experience providing regulatory interpretation and guidance in compliance matters related to export controls and sanctions administered by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Energy (DOE). She has a Masters in Government from Harvard University and holds a CUSECO® certification from the International Import-Export Institute at Dunlap-Stone University. She recently completed her CCEP® certification with the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Professionals.