The world’s leading specialist legal publisher providing news, insight and investigation on global export control and sanctions.

WORLDECR IS HERE TO HELP

Export is a privilege not a right, and so compliance is critical for any business with a global supply chain.

But the laws and regulations in this area are complex and rapidly changing, and staying abreast of the issues can be challenging. It’s no surprise that the demand for expert legal compliance advice and support is on the rise.
We’re a growing international community of thought leaders, practitioners, experts and policy makers, bringing together news, analysis and opinion on global export control and sanctions to any professional working in the field.
Across the issues, across the globe, we are the resource you can’t afford to be without.

Tom and Mark launched WorldECR in 2011.

Tom Blass

Tom Blass is Director of Editorial of WorldECR. Tom has worked as a journalist and editor for more than 20 years. His experience includes writing for a broad span of organisations and publications including The American Lawyer, the International Bar Association, the Bureau of National Affairs, The Banker Magazine, The New Statesman, and the BBC. Tom is also the author of The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea, an account of travels around the edges of its title subject, published by Bloomsbury in January 2016.

Mark Cusick

Mark Cusick is the publisher of WorldECR. Mark has worked in legal and business publishing for more than 25 years, including as Managing Editor of Legal Business magazine, CEO of Legalease (publisher of the Legal 500 Series), Managing Editor of Asia Law & Practice (out of Hong Kong). He has also worked as a business development and marketing consultant to independent European law firms.

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Nicolas Fribolle, Vice President, Head of Export Controls – Airbus Commercial Aircraft, Systems & Airbus Helicopters

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Andy Crisp, VP Global Trade Compliance, CGG

“The WorldECR Journal and Forum provide a very useful go-to resource delivering real-time insights into our ever-changing geopolitical world and the related trade sanctions and export control implications.”

Magnus Nordeus, Group Head of Trade Compliance, Ericsson

“My company has subscribed to WorldECR since the start. We quickly realised the great value of the journal and made it available to our trade compliance professionals. WorldECR always picks up on the latest trends and brings additional insights and analysis of great benefit for our compliance team. It is unique in that it not only summarises news, scratching the surface, but actually goes into depth to analyze export controls and sanctions and even proactively anticipate and report on developments.”

Warren Bayliss, Global Head of Export Control – Defence, Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom

“I always enjoy reading the WorldECR journal. As a very busy Trade Compliance and Export Control professional, I simply do not have time to wade through long articles to find what I am looking for. WorldECR contains short, but highly topical articles that always gives you the key facts along with further reading at your own discretion. I always find the range of compliance-related topics to be spot on for the complex world we trade in today, particularly in relation to Defence and security.”

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Warren Bayliss, Global Head of Export Control – Defence Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom

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