Our services

Beyond Bounds provides trade compliance solutions regarding EU and US regulations on armaments, human rights, sustainability and legal compliance. The highest protection of the company is the company itself. Our duty is to educate the company to live with changing international geopolitical scenarios, guaranteeing our constant support in a context dominated by significant, continuous change. Through our advisory and consulting services, we support you in redefining organizational strategies and managing risks and future developments, guaranteeing agile solutions that are always in line with the restrictions of international compliance. Our main duty will be to protect your company from sanctions, while guaranteeing more effective and decisive internationalization, guiding you through the complexities of regulations, laws and directives.

Beyond Bounds provides its services in the following areas:

1_TRADE COMPLIANCE

In the area of internationalization, trade compliance undoubtedly plays the most complex role in determining the success of business operations. Economic and/or financial barriers are created to depress economies in countries with little or zero geopolitical stability. For this reason, we believe it is crucial to guarantee an extremely efficient and consistently effective service on this matter, standardizing processes and knowledge, and steering them to the common goal of the company’s growth. In that area, Beyond Bounds can provide you with strategic consulting for the widest range of needs, from product classification to technical assessment, from regulatory checks to feasibility analysis for specific operations, to risk management, up to delisting, moving through subjective counterparty due diligence.

Export Control and International Sanctions – US

  • Consulting and assistance on US export control regulations (EAR)
  • Consulting and assistance on economic and financial sanctions and embargoes
  • Classification of products as per the Commerce Control List (ECCN/CCATS)
  • SNAP-R platform export license applications
  • Risk analyses of ICP/ECP procedures
  • Development of ICP/ECP programs
  • Risk analyses of ICP/ECP procedures
  • Development of ICP/ECP programs
  • Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence services, also using proprietary software
  • Investigations of international financial offenses and crimes
  • Monitoring of the end-uses of exported products and the end-users
  • Analysis and monitoring of the geopolitical risk of specific countries
  • Risk assessment of political exposure in national and multinational companies
  • Performance of internal audits
  • Analysis and management of antiboycott procedures according to the OAC (Office of Antiboycott Compliance) principles
  • Classification of goods under Section 740.17 (ENC – Encryption)
  • Training

Export Control and International Sanctions – EU

  • Consulting and assistance on EU export control regulations Reg. (EU) 821/21 (Dual Use Regulation)
  • Consulting and assistance on international economic and financial sanctions and embargoes
  • Technical and product classification under export control regulations (for both dual use goods and goods subject to restrictive measures)
  • E-licensing platform export license applications
  • Risk analyses of ICP/ECP procedures
  • Development of ICP/ECP programs
  • Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence services, also using proprietary software
  • Analysis and monitoring of the geopolitical risk of specific countries, on request
  • Performance of internal audits
  • Training

2_HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABILITY

  • Consulting and assistance on human rights programs and regulations
  • Consulting and assistance regarding the CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive)
  • Consulting and assistance relating to the United Nations Global Compact principles
  • Development of procedures and processes based on the principles for maintaining and respecting human rights
  • Supply chain flow analysis to identify, mitigate and eliminate risk relating to human rights violations
  • Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence services relating to risks of human rights violations, also using proprietary software
  • Consulting, assistance and classification of products that can be used for the death penalty and torture (Reg. (EU) 125/2019)
  • Analysis and calculations regarding CBAM regulations, also using proprietary software
  • Training

3_ARMS, ARMAMENTS AND PRODUCTS FOR DEFENSE

  • Consulting, assistance and classification of military goods and equipment, products for defense and military weapons
  • Consulting and assistance on Italian Law 185/90
  • Consulting and assistance on the United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
  • Development and set up of processes connected with exporting and importing arms, armaments and defense products, both in the EU and the US
  • Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence services relating to risks connected to trafficking arms, armaments and products for defense
  • Analysis and consulting on the applicability of the see through rule
  • Applications for licenses for the negotiation, transit and export of arms, armaments and products for defense, both in the EU and the US
  • Training

4_INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

  • National and international contracts
  • Consulting, analysis and management of risks relating to common corporate law practices
  • Consulting and assistance relating to industrial rights and intellectual property
  • Preparation of management delegations, delegations of functions, and similar delegations
  • Consulting and assistance relating to banking law
  • Consulting, assistance and preparation of general terms and conditions of purchase and sale
  • Preparation of segregation procedures
  • Preparation and revision of sales agreements and licenses of industrial and intellectual property rights
  • Preparation and revision of industrial/commercial cooperation contracts
  • Preparation and revision of contracts for the distribution of company goods and services (agency, distribution, business procurement agreements and customized atypical agreements)
  • Preparation of atypical agreements to define specific situations that are currently not regulated
  • Risk analysis and revision of contracts relating to purchases and sales of equity investments, companies and business branches
  • National and international arbitrations;
  • Consulting and assistance services on anti-corruption and anti-abuse of office issues
  • Consulting and assistance services on anti-money laundering issues
  • Due Diligence on anti-money laundering and reputational risk assessment

5_CUSTOMS

  • Classification of products in accordance with the harmonized system and combined nomenclature
  • Presentation of EBTI (European Binding Tariff Information)
  • Consulting and assistance on (Preferential and Non-Preferential) Origin
  • Presentation of BOI
  • Consulting and assistance on customs technique and legislation
  • AEO
  • Training

6_PROGRAM MANAGAMENT

  • Preparation of risk assessment processes
  • Gap Analysis
  • Preparation of procedures and policies
  • Analysis of company data
  • Development of processes and tools to transform company data