Christer Mossberg is a member of Sutherland’s Corporate Practice Group and primarily works in the areas of international trade and transactions, dispute resolution, and general corporate law. He advises clients on all aspects of international business, including investment transactions in the United States and abroad, contracting with the federal government, international trade disputes, national security matters, technology transfers, homeland security issues, licensing of intellectual property, corporate compliance under export control regimes, and other multi-lateral trade arrangements.

Christer has considerable experience addressing the complex issues that arise in the defense and government contract fields, including government contract procurements, novations and terminations; national security review of foreign acquisitions; and structuring national security arrangements to meet concerns regarding foreign ownership, control and influence. He also advises clients concerning licensing and compliance matters under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations. He has extensive experience helping companies conduct internal investigations and defend charges of export control violations. Christer represents clients in the steel industry, nuclear energy sector, defense industry sector, aerospace and in high-technology industries such as telecommunications, electronics and medical appliances.

Christer has published articles on specific legal topics, including investment in Eastern Europe, immigration and export controls and broader questions concerning the impact of international trade and immigration. He is co-editor and co-contributor to Fortresses and Icebergs: the Evolution of the Transatlantic Defense Market and the Implications for U.S. National Security Policy, a two-volume work recently published by Johns Hopkins University. He is a former Fulbright professor and is a frequent speaker on international business and trade topics, technology transfers, including cross-border acquisitions and the structuring of technology transfers to address national security concerns.