Kenneth G. Weigel

Export Controls and Sanctions Representations

• Represented a U.S. exporter in an investigation and settlement with the Departments of Justice and Commerce regarding unauthorized exports of items for a foreign nuclear facility. 
• Represented U.S. and European companies in investigations and voluntary self-disclosures before the Office of Foreign Assets Control. 
• Represented U.S. exporters in U.S. government-mandated audits of their export compliance programs. 
• Represented a U.S. exporter in a disclosure to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls arising from global information technology systems. 
• Represented U.S. companies in reviews of potential acquisitions and voluntary self-disclosures to OFAC, BIS, and DDTC of violations by acquired companies. 
• Created and implemented multiple global export and sanctions compliance programs.

Trade Remedies Representations

• Represented Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc. in steel trade remedy proceedings from 1980 to date. 
• Represented Usiminas S.A. in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings on hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheet from Brazil. 
• Represented Arlanxeo in an antidumping proceeding on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from Brazil. 
• Represented numerous Chinese companies in antidumping proceedings. 
• Represented numerous companies in scope proceedings and anti-circumvention proceedings. 
• Represented Tesla Inc. in a Section 201 proceeding on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells. 
• Represented Autoliv ASP Inc. in a Section 232 proceeding. 

Customs and Free Trade Agreement Representations

• Represented U.S. importers in focused assessment and other audits and free trade agreement verifications by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
• Represented U.S. importers and exporters in free trade agreement verifications. 
• Represented companies in customs penalty and liquidated damages cases before U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the courts. 
• Counsel to importers in country-of-origin marking matters. 
• Represented a U.S. lumber importer in an action before the Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Federal Circuit in arguing for a “treatment” in the classification of its merchandise. 
• Represented an industry group in assisting governmental authorities in a General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) dispute. 
• Represented a foreign government in a World Customs Organization classification proceeding. 
• Represented companies in U.S. district court judicial proceedings involving the False Claims Act arising out of international trade issues. 

Ken Weigel was a partner at Alston & Bird for almost 20 years before becoming senior counsel with the International Trade & Regulatory Group. Ken has over 40 years of experience advising companies on export controls and sanctions, customs, trade remedy proceedings (e.g., antidumping and countervailing duty), and trade policy. He counsels and represents companies before the agencies and courts in audits, and civil and criminal investigations and disclosures. He also assists clients by providing advice on, designing, and implementing import and export compliance programs.

Ken has written and spoken extensively on international trade issues. He has been recognized in Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Who’s Who in America, The Best Lawyers in America^®, Super Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers and Thought Leaders Global Elite, and America’s Most Honored Professionals, and is Peer Review Rated™ AV Preeminent^® in Martindale-Hubbell^®. According to Chambers, “Kenneth Weigel attracts a deluge of recommendations for his skills in trade work. Peers point to his ‘highly sophisticated practice,’ while clients prize his ‘wealth of knowledge and experience in international trade and customs issues,’ describing him as ‘a walking encyclopedia.’”

He received his J.D. from George Washington University, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, and his B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• The George Washington University (J.D., 1979)
• University of Michigan (B.A., 1976)

Memberships