Luis Arandia navigates complex international trade law and regulations, safeguarding client interests across import compliance, export controls, economic sanctions, and trade remedies. Luis helps importers and exporters navigate regulatory challenges with precision, implementing a solution-oriented approach that frequently minimizes risks and maximizes opportunities across diverse industries. He advocates for clients before the federal agencies that enforce U.S. international trade regulations to ensure compliance and competitiveness across global markets.
For imports, Luis has deep experience in a wide range of substantive customs issues, including tariff classification, country of origin marking, customs valuation, forced labor (UFLPA) and supply chain issues, free trade agreements and tariff preference programs under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/NAFTA), counterfeits and border enforcement of IP rights, and trade remedy (antidumping and countervailing) duties. He also advises clients on special tariff actions, including IEEPA tariff actions, Section 301 China tariffs, Section 232 tariffs, and Section 201 safeguards.
International trade law is a dynamic chess game. I strategize moves that keep clients ahead of regulatory shifts, turning compliance into a competitive advantage."
Credentials
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., international business and economic law, certificate in World Trade Organization studies, 2012, with distinction, Dean’s List
- Rice University, B.A., history, 2006, Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program, Dean Hugh Scott Cameron Service Award, Speros P. Martel Distinguished Service Award
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2011
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- District of Columbia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas