Tyler Grove is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the International Trade group, Tyler has experience in investigating and drafting complex voluntary disclosures submitted to the Commerce, State, and Treasury Departments; Commodity Jurisdiction and Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS) requests; U.S. Customs and Border Protection classification requests and duty protests; trade sanctions; and trade remedies and antidumping duty proceedings.

As part of the Litigation group, Tyler has experience in fact investigation, discovery, and motions practice.

Professional Activities

Member, Virginia Bar Association
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association

Recognition

2015–2018 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, sponsored by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Highlighted Publications

Co-author, "Buyer Beware: Note to Turkish Companies Doing Business in Iran," Turkish Law Blog (August 2019)
Co-author, "The Global Magnitsky Act: Sanctions in Response to International Crises," WorldECR (December 2018)
Co-author, "Snapback to the Future: A Case Study of How the U.S. Withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal Impacts EU Companies," International Review of Compliance and Business Ethics (October 2018)
Co-author, "Businesses Face Uncertainty in Sanctions Compliance Obligations After U.S. Withdraw from Iran Nuclear Deal," Financial Executives International (June 2018)
Contributor, Consumer Protection Law Developments, 2nd ed., American Bar Association Publishing/Antitrust Section (April 2016)
Co-author, "Untangling Common Issues in OFAC's Revised 50 Percent Rule," The Export Practitioner 30, no. 2 (February 2016)
Contributor, 2015 Review of Consumer Protection Law Developments, American Bar Association (2015)
Co-author, "Accept a bank board seat? A verdict from the litigators," Directors and Boards (Third Quarter 2014)
Note, "Are All Prosecutorial Activities Inherently Governmental? Applying State Safeguards for Victim-Retained Private Prosecutions to Outsourced Prosecutions," Public Contract Law Journal 40 (2011): 991

Court Admissions

Supreme Court of Virginia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Federal District Court for the District of Columbia

Highlighted Matters

Representation of Sinclair Broadcast Group in seeking antitrust clearance for the acquisitions of Tribune Media
Representation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) in several actions against the former directors, officers and third-party professionals of failed banks and in responding to third-party subpoenas in mortgage-backed securities cases
Counseled major U.S. corporations on a broad variety of export compliance matters involving the Commerce Department, State Department, Treasury Department and Census Bureau:
- Prepared complex voluntary disclosures for clients; submitted to the Commerce Department, State Department, Treasury Department and Census Bureau
- Drafted requests for advisory opinions filed with the State Department and Census Bureau
- Drafted Commodity Jurisdiction and CCATS requests
- Drafted Section 764 waiver requests
- Advised clients on complicated export licensing matters
Advised a European Union-based company on Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) procedures and national security clearance rules
Advised manufacturers and importers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements; drafted and filed classification requests and duty protests with U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Provided guidance to multinational corporations regarding U.S. and European Union sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine
Assisted with the representation of a major German manufacturer in antidumping proceedings on lightweight thermal paper from Germany
Assisted with litigation of numerous director and officer liability disputes involving banking institutions
Assisted with representation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. regarding investigations into wrongdoing on the part of officers and directors of various closed financial institutions

Pro Bono Matters

Successfully obtained Social Security disability benefits for an indigent individual
Representation of an indigent individual in an eviction matter before Washington, D.C., Landlord Tenant Court
Representation of a single mother in seeking child custody and child support payments
Representation of a Salvadoran national in seeking asylum

Tyler Grove