ATTORNEY PROFILE

Mr. Elwood is counsel in the International Trade practice. He concentrates in international trade and market access. His work includes assisting importers and exporters with commercial procedures, administrative litigation and problem solving in areas such as customs, dumping, subsidies, safeguards, immigration, intellectual property, consumer protection and export controls.

Mr. Elwood has experience in the application of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, and domestic international trade laws of the United States and several countries in Latin America, as well as in the advocacy of international trade policy.

Mr. Elwood has been active in the promotion and realization of cross-border investment and trade projects. He has represented multiple Latin American companies exporting their products to the United States as well as U.S. companies with market access issues in Latin America. As a public attorney working for the Mexican Ministry of Trade, he authorized and helped foreign enterprises develop investment and trade projects with Mexico. He participated in the negotiation of NAFTA's investment chapter and in drafting Mexico's current foreign investment law.

Mr. Elwood later became International Trade Counsel for the Embassy of Mexico in the United States. He was a trade-capacity-building consultant for the Organization of American States, and is a member of the roster of 25 experts who may be appointed by Mexico to resolve international disputes under NAFTA's unfair trade practices Chapter.

Mr. Elwood has participated as an international speaker at multiple conferences in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the United States and Europe addressing NAFTA and international trade and investment issues. He also was a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he taught a course titled "NAFTA from a Mexican Perspective."