Antonia I. Tzinova is a member of the International and Cross-Border Transactions Group within the Business Law Section. She practices in the areas of international trade, international corporate transactions and aviation. She has experience in defense and high-technology exports; Customs; U.S. trade embargoes and economic sanctions programs; foreign direct investment representation before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); and industrial security.
Recent transactions include advising on measures to mitigate Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) and representation before the CFIUS in connection with cross-border mergers; assisting clients in the defense industry with registration, drafting technical assistance agreements, voluntary disclosures, and compliance programs under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); conducting confidential internal investigations relating to export compliance; and advising on import matters including classification, country of origin determination, and import licensing under the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and other U.S. agencies regulations.
Ms. Tzinova has also represented clients before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on obtaining CITES permits under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. She regularly assists in negotiation and document drafting underlying commercial aircraft transactions.
Ms. Tzinova's experience also includes interning at the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS), a joint facility of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, where she worked on issues relating to foreign direct investment in the developing countries.
Prior to the practice of law, Ms. Tzinova was an administrator of professional economics training at the IMF Institute at the International Monetary Fund. She served as liaison between leading economics lecturers and officials of the central banks and ministries of finance of IMF member states, and was also involved in developing guidelines for the use of training materials in compliance with U.S. and international copyright laws.