Our History
Export Controls and Sanctions Advisors LLC (“ECS Advisors”) was founded in 2023 by former officials from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S. Department of Defense, who served as senior U.S. diplomats, in regulatory, policy, enforcement, and intelligence agencies, and possessing, in the aggregate, decades of experience working with and for every agency in the U.S. Government, and with more than 120 governments around the world.
Our Experience
ECS Advisors’ staff is comprised of senior international professionals with an average of 25 years (400+ collectively) of experience serving in a variety of positions, including as:
- Regulatory Officials
- Senior U.S. Diplomats
- Federal Law Enforcement Officers
- Intelligence and Counterintelligence Officers
- Export Control Officers (BIS)
- Policy Consultants
- Commercial Bankers
- In-house Compliance
- International Security Professionals
Our Approach
- Combine decades of regulatory, enforcement and intelligence community experience to provide a risk, threat, and legal-based approach to compliance.
- Help mitigate the risk of government scrutiny.
- Identify a company’s critical risk zone in export controls and help allocate limited resources for efficient compliance.
- Ensure the safeguarding of Critical Program Information (CPI) and corporate secrets.
Proud sponsor of:
The International Sanctions and Export Control Society ("ISECS")
ECS Advisors is dedicated to providing support to the nonprofit ISECS and its member network to assist in enhancing compliance with international sanctions and export controls.
