Global Sanctions: (Almost) everything you wanted to know about sanctions but were afraid to ask
30 Jan 2023
Location: 12:00pm - 1:00pm UK Time Virtual Event (Zoom) Members: FREE to attend - Book by 30 Jan Non Members: Register above as a member and attend for FREE - Book by 30 Jan

Highlights
In this webinar, the panel comprising sanctions specialists from Germany, Switzerland, the US and the UK will discuss the latest developments in their jurisdictions including:
- The latest sanctions that have been imposed, their similarities and differences by reference to the oil cap, the trust sanctions and the expanded business and professional services prohibitions amongst other things;
- Enforcement of breaches and the differing approaches in each jurisdiction
- The potential for asset confiscations and their impact
- What's next? Other targets?

Our Panel of Experts

Partner
Stephenson Harwood

Stephenson Harwood

Partner
Lenz & Staehelin
Fedor Poskriakov is a partner at Lenz & Staehelin in the Banking and Finance group in Geneva and specializes in banking, securities and finance law with a focus on Fintech. He regularly advises on various regulatory, contractual and corporate matters. His practice covers banking, investment management and alternative investments, including private equity and hedge funds. He also advises on complex asset structuring and protection for business and private assets. His other practice areas include compliance advisory, internal investigations and private clients.
Fedor Poskriakov co-heads the Geneva FinTech practice and is the secretary general of the Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA). He has developed expertise in advising on new technologies, including distributed ledger (and blockchain), as well as novel FinTech business models.

Lenz & Staehelin

Practice Lead, Economic Sanctions & Export Controls
Miller & Chevalier
Timothy P. O'Toole has been conducting and leading large-scale defense investigations for over 20 years. Although Mr. O'Toole has substantial experience in all areas of white collar practice, his main focus is on defending enforcement actions and conducting investigations involving the economic sanctions, export controls, cybersecurity, and anti-money laundering laws. His clients run the gamut, including U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions and public companies in the aviation, insurance, logistics, manufacturing, oil and gas, and telecommunications sectors. Recognized as one of the leading international trade lawyers in the U.S. by Chambers USA, Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, and Global Investigations Review, Mr. O'Toole represents companies and individuals at all stages of the process, including defending enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), and the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). He also provides companies and individuals with advice on compliance with the U.S. economic sanctions, export controls, cybersecurity, and anti-money laundering laws, and interacts regularly with DOJ, OFAC, DDTC, and BIS in that capacity. Mr. O'Toole has substantial experience dealing with criminal and civil regulators, and extensive courtroom experience before judges and juries, having appeared in state and federal courts hundreds of times in a variety of civil and criminal proceedings.

Miller & Chevalier

Of Counsel
Stephenson Harwood
Stephen is a member of Stephenson Harwood's commercial litigation department, working on a wide range of matters. He has market-leading experience and expertise in relation to EU and UK sanctions. Stephen has a particular focus on matters relating to Iran and he was a founding member of the firm's Iran group.

Stephenson Harwood

Partner
Blomstein
Florian Wolf specialises in public procurement law and foreign trade law. He advises contracting authorities as well as national and international bidders on German and European public procurement law questions and represents his clients before the procurement review bodies. In particular, he focuses on advising clients with regard to tender procedures in the fields of defence and security. Florian also advises his clients on customs law, excise tax law, export control law and sanctions law as well as the German Freedom of Information Act.

Blomstein
Agenda
Speakers:
Fedor Poskriakov - Partner - Lenz & Staehelin
Stephen Ashley - Of Counsel - Stephenson Harwood
Timothy O’Toole - Practice Lead, Economic Sanctions & Export Controls - Miller & Chevalier
Dr. Florian Wolf - Partner - Blomstein

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