Thomas deButts

Thomas M. deButts is partner in the firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

His practice is concentrated on the complex web of U.S. international trade controls, focusing primarily on regulatory regimes such as the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and economic sanctions regulations administered by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Mr. deButts’ extensive experience includes export control compliance reviews and internal investigations for possible violations of export control and sanctions regulations; voluntary disclosure of such violations; and representation of companies in administrative enforcement proceedings before BIS, DDTC, OFAC, CBP and the Census Bureau.

Mr. deButts served in BIS from 1984 to 1989 where he was Director of the Exporter Assistance Staff and has provided training to U.S. Customs inspectors on export control laws. J.D. George Mason University School of Law; A.B. Economics, Duke University.