The Export Controls Course is a practical foundations course designed to help students turn legal obligations and risk into day-to-day operational decisions. Participants learn how to critically analyse each transaction, understand what the law requires in practice, and identify the lawful options available to proceed.
The course has been designed and written by experienced export control legal experts. The key point of difference is that the course provides a clear, real-world applicable, roadmap reinforced through scenario-based learning. Participants will walk away understanding what to assess, in what order and when to escalate or seek specialist input. Rather than legal theory, the course equips you with a structured, practical approach you can consistently apply across real operational scenarios, enabling confident, compliant decision‑making.
A core premise of the course is that you cannot build a meaningful export control compliance framework without first understanding transactional risk. By focusing on how risk arises in individual transactions, the course lays the groundwork for scalable, effective compliance programs that reflect how the business actually operates.
What you'll learn
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The purpose of export controls and key areas of export‑control risk.
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Differentiate between major export control regimes (including Australian, US, and other source‑country systems) and explain where they apply in practice.
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How export controls impact day‑to‑day activities, including workforce access, data sharing, and technical collaboration.
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A structured approach to navigate the export control regulatory environment, including classification requirements and when escalation or authorisation is required.
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Export Controls
Export controls are laws and regulations that restrict the transfer of certain goods, software, technology, and services across borders. In recent years, export control regimes have expanded rapidly in scope and complexity, in Australia particularly for AUKUS reforms. These legislative changes have left many organisations behind, particularly those without mature compliance frameworks or specialist expertise.
As a result, the risk of non‑compliance has increased significantly—especially in jurisdictions where export control breaches attract absolute liability, meaning intent or knowledge is irrelevant. Corporations can be exposed to serious legal, financial, and reputational consequences even for inadvertent violations. To respond effectively, organisations need to move beyond reactive compliance and become far better at identifying and managing export control risks across their operations, supply chains, data flows, and technology collaborative environments. Proactive risk assessment, governance, and internal capability building are now critical to operating safely in an increasingly regulated global trade environment.
Our Services
Our export controls specialists sit within the Strategic Procurement Business Unit
This Business Unit supports our clients by developing innovative, tailored solutions to complex procurement and commercial requirements. Working predominantly with Government, Defence and Industry, we take an holistic approach that considers the broader organisational context and needs, to design, administer and implement solutions that will set organisations up for success long after we are gone.
If your organisation requires procurement and commercial management support, contact us today.