Businesses have paid $175 Billion in IEEPA Tariffs, this webinar will discuss the latest news regarding the timing and process of IEEPA tariff refunds:

- Latest developments regarding IEEPA tariff refunds
- Process of applying for the refund
- Information that must be assembled when applying for refund
- Complexity of applying for the refund
- Options to convert the tariff refund to cash on an expedited basis
 

Speakers' bios:

Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw is the founder of Wardlaw Trade Law, a boutique U.S. trade law practice in the Washington, D.C. area focused on providing practical regulatory advice to multinational companies. She is also an adjunct law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches U.S. export control and sanctions law. Admitted in D.C., Maryland, and before the U.S. Court of International Trade, Lindsay achieved the nation’s highest score on the 2016 U.S. Customs Broker Exam and is a licensed U.S. customs broker.

At Wardlaw Trade Law, Lindsay advises clients on day-to-day questions regarding and advocacy before BIS, DDTC, OFAC, CBP, ICTS, and Census—including voluntary disclosures, investigations, licensing, classification, and transactional due diligence—helping them build business-friendly compliance programs and strategies that address their real-world operations. 

With over a decade of trade experience, Lindsay blends big-firm precision with in-house pragmatism. Lindsay started her career as a corporate trade compliance professional before becoming an international trade attorney at Sidley Austin, then at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. She was later a Vice President at Amalie Trade Compliance Consulting, where she led the firm’s trade advisory practice and internal compliance team. Lindsay earned her J.D. magna cum laude and Order of the Coif in 2019 from the University of Michigan Law School.  Today, she serves on the board of the Michigan Law International Transactions Clinic and on the steering committee for the ABA International Law Section’s Export Controls & Sanctions subcommittee.

[email protected] – www.wardlawtrade.com

Neil Seiden is Managing Director of Asset Enhancement Solutions, LLC, (“AES”) a debt advisory firm based in New York.  AES specializes in arranging financing for companies with Challenges. Unfavorable challenges such as recurring losses, legal, tax or financial issues or positive challenges such as opportunities for significant growth and acquisition of businesses, inventory, equipment and real estate. 

AES has been actively assisting companies nationwide convert their IEEPA tariff claims to cash on an expedited basis and has monetized $20 million in refund claims since its involvement in brokering IEEPA tariff refund claims commenced 5 months ago.  Clients include those in the food, seasonal decoration, apparel and home goods industries.  Buyers are currently purchasing IEEPA tariff refund claims at up to 85% of the claim amount depending on claim amount and credit quality. The Funds AES works with can purchase claims within approximately 2 to 3 weeks depending on the quality of documentation assembled by the importer.  For more information on how this process works, visit  https://www.assetenhancement.com/Expedite-IEEPA-Tariff-Claims.html

AES is widely known for its ability to help businesses navigate complex financial and government programs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, as an agent for multiple PPP lenders, the firm successfully guided 1,500 companies with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application process, securing $150 million in PPP loans for these businesses.  AES also assisted many businesses expedite funding of their ERC (Employee Retention Tax Credit) within 6 to 8 weeks instead of waiting 12 to 48 months to receive funds from the IRS. AES facilitated the sale of $50 million of ERC claims over the past few years with individual claims ranging from $1 million to $7 million. 

Neil has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The New York Times, Newsday and the Long Island Business News and is a frequent panelist at symposiums focused on financing. 

[email protected] – www.assetenhancement.com